Draper residents cut their water use 12% in June, exceeding the 10% reduction target set by the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District under the region's Level 2 drought designation.

That beat the goal.

The city also reduced consumption 9% in May, just shy of the target, according to an Aug. 5 Draper City post on X. The city's official news page confirmed the figures Aug. 7.

The numbers are the first conservation results Draper has reported since JVWCD and its member agencies adopted Level 2 water availability in late June due to ongoing severe drought conditions. The district supplies water to roughly 775,000 customers across the Salt Lake Valley and asked all member cities to hit the 10% mark to protect the shared supply and prevent reservoir levels from dropping too low.

Level 2 restrictions remain voluntary. Mandatory measures would kick in only at Level 3 or Level 4 under the district's drought framework. No date has been announced for when JVWCD will next review the drought level or assess whether conditions warrant escalation.

Draper's parks department delayed irrigation until May 15 this year, which the city acknowledged left some parks and park strips looking browner than usual. Residents were asked to follow the Utah Division of Water Resources' Weekly Lawn Watering Guide and stop outdoor watering in September.

The city also offers incentives through Utah Water Savers: up to $3 per square foot of lawn replaced with water-efficient landscaping, $1 per square foot for switching to drip irrigation and $50 per tree added.

The conservation push comes alongside a water rate increase the Draper City Council adopted at its Tuesday, June 9 meeting through Ordinance #1723. The exact percentage of the rate hike has not been publicly confirmed in available city documents.

Draper's municipal water system serves about 23,205 residents, roughly 45% of the city's population of approximately 51,560. The remainder is served by WaterPro, Inc.