There was a large turnout at last night’s Talkabout at Rocky Vista University, with a lot of questions and answers about Dry Wash Reservoir. Most of the evening was devoted to answering questions from the audience, after a presentation from Zach Renstrom, General Manager of the Washington County Water Conservancy District.
Some misconceptions were cleared up, but a lot of resident concerns voiced last night remain. To deal with those, the Mayor announced the City will begin a series of meetings at City Hall to work towards resolving these issues.
There was also a 5-minute presentation by Ivins resident Wayne Pennington. Wayne presented an alternative design that would significantly reduce, but not eliminate, some of the problems the reservoir will create. He is a PhD geophysicist and a retired Dean of Engineering at Michigan Technological University.