Utah town in a 'dire' water crisis

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM MDT

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Emery, Utah, rancher Kirk Christiansen about the lack of water in his town and how it’s changing how he does his job raising cattle.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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