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Cedar City and a desert Utah valley are locking horns over underground water

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Cedar City and a desert Utah valley are locking horns over underground water
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Utah News spotted this story published November 11, 2026 at KUER. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

Fights over water are nothing new in the West. A century ago, it might have been two neighbors feuding with pistols out on the range. Today, a rancher may end up battling a city dozens of miles away. That’s unfolding now in Utah’s West Desert, where the latest evolution in Western water wars is a fight over a planned pipeline.

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