ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Kane County Water Conservancy District has pulled out of a pipeline project designed to pump water to two southern Utah counties, leaving Washington County as the only proposed future user of the pipeline. The Spectrum reported that the decision comes as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has started to develop an environmental impact statement draft for the project as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. Washington County water district spokesperson Karry Rathje says the proposed 140-mile pipeline now excludes a $35 million 10-mile pipeline that would have diverted water to Kane County. Kane County made the decision after further reviewing the county’s projected population and available water.












