据美国水事新闻报道，盐湖城公用部居民用水户名单的顶部没有改变，尽管从2002年以来，数量已逐渐减少。保险业巨头罗纳德古纳尔（Ronald Gunnell）郊区的房产用水为710万加仑，他需要支付1.214万美元。古纳尔说，我过去没有意识到，我们用了那么多的水。
  古纳尔占地4万平方英尺的家坐落在7英亩的美丽景观中，周围是面积17英亩的牧马场和林地。
  2003年，公用事业局依据州公开记录法获得了这些记录，盐湖城官员据此编辑了12个最大的居民用水户名单。
  根据这份名单，古纳尔已是第三年位居名单首位了。但是，他的消费比前两年中每年的用水量900多万加仑减少了24％。
  利萨（Lisa F. Wirthlin）位于东北部大街上的家用水560万加仑，位居第二位。去年夏天与洛杉矶胡人队签约的前犹他爵士队前锋卡尔马龙（Karl Malone），在盐湖城有自己的家，用水330万加仑。
  许多用水大户用水大大减少。该市去年采用了一个新的费率结构，根据单位价格增长的用水"额度"来确定账单。
  该市公用部门财务官吉米路易斯（Jim Lewis）说，这些人中的大部分去年的用水费用增长了一倍。这引起了他们的注意。
  随着该州再次陷入干旱，官员们要求居民节约用水。他们把给草地和花园过度浇水作为一个最大的浪费，但是能做的也只能是不鼓励而已
  该市负责节约用水的Stephanie Duer主任说，我们不能提高水价，只是因为我们觉得，我们有节水的道德规范。我们希望这些人会学会少用水。

原文如下：
Large homes paying big water bills for heavy usage
The top of Salt Lake City Public Utilities Department's list of residential water users hasn't changed, although the amount has dropped off from 2002.
Insurance mogul Ronald Gunnell's bill for his suburban estate was $12,140 for 7.1 million gallons.
"I didn't realize we were using that much water," Gunnell said.
Gunnell's 40,000-square-foot home sits on 7 acres of landscaping surrounded by 17 acres of horse pasture and woodlands in Holladay.
The Salt Lake Tribune compiled the 12 biggest residential water users of 2003 through records obtained from the Public Utilities Department under the state open-records law.
According to The Tribune, Gunnell topped the list for the third straight year. But his consumption was 24 percent less than the 9 million-plus gallons he consumed in each of the previous two years.
Lisa F. Wirthlin's northeast home in the Avenues was second on the list at 5.6 million gallons. Former Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone, who signed with the Los Angeles Lakers last summer as a free agent but still owns his home here, received more than 3.3 million gallons.
Many of the larger users have dropped considerably. The city adopted a new rate structure last year, basing the billing on "blocks" of water use that increase in price-per-unit.
"Most of these people saw a doubling of their bills last year, and that got their attention," said Jim Lewis, finance administrator for the city utilities department.
With the state mired in another year of drought, officials are asking residents to conserve water. They cite overwatering lawns and gardens as one of the biggest wastes, but can only do so much to discourage it.
"We can't raise our rates just because we feel we have the moral imperative to do so," said city water conservation director Stephanie Duer. "We hope these people will learn to use less."