All Utah residents age 18 and older will be eligible to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine – and those 16 and older Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – beginning Wednesday. Our radio partners report that rolling out the vaccine to the general population came earlier than expected. Plus, communities in the West solely reliant on groundwater are starting to run into problems. That’s certainly the case in Moab, where the community gets most of its water supply from an underground aquifer. Recent studies found there’s less water than previously thought, and that’s leading to a reckoning over development and the virtues of conservation.

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Photo: John Weisheit, director of Moab-based nonprofit Living Rivers. His group helps pay for research related to the Colorado River and Moab’s groundwater resources. Kate Groetzinger/KUER

UPR: Vaccine Open To All Utahns 16 and Older On Wednesday

https://www.upr.org/post/vaccine-open-all-utahns-16-and-older-wednesday

KUER: Moab May Be Running Out Of Water. That’s Prompting Residents To Rethink Conservation And Development

https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2021-03-19/moab-may-be-running-out-of-water-thats-prompting-residents-to-rethink-conservation-and-development