BOUNTIFUL -- The rains came down and the floods came up in some parts of the state, but Bountiful's water usage went down. Bountiful Water Subcon-servancy District Manager Wes White presented his report to the water board meeting May 4 and announced that water usage was good. "A total of 160 acre-feet of water was used in the month of April, which is relatively low," he said. An acre-foot is a measurement of the amount of water that could cover an acre with a depth of one foot. The 160 acre-feet used in April is down from normal. ##

According to White, the low usage of water can be attributed almost entirely to the rain that has been gracing Utah with its presence much more frequently than usual.

"The usage was quite minimal due to the moisture we've received," White said.

A public hearing date, June 22, was also put on the agenda as well. The date is actually a seldom-used deadline.

"By law, that's the day the county is supposed to have the mil levy back," White said. "If we were to raise our mil levy rates that would be the deadline to do it."

The rates probably won't be changed, but the hearing is set just in case.