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The mountainous terrain around Park City, Utah, requires the water utility to pump from 6,500 to as high as 9,500 feet above sea level.
The Park City (Utah) Public Utilities Department invested in leak detection in 2018 and 2019, and it is paying off in a big way: Payback time is projected at a year and a half.
The effort led to a 2019 Smart 50 Award from Smart Cities Connect, an organization that aims to...