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May 7, 2023 · As climate change and development pressures push the Great Basin and Mojave deserts into a new normal condition of water scarcity, it is paramount that Nevadans demand strict scrutiny of our...
The new building code limits new pools to no more than 600 square feet – a move the Las Vegas Valley Water District says will save more than 32 million gallons of water over the next decade. The...
Apr 27, 2022 · Currently, Las Vas consumes about 112 gallons of water per day. The goal is to cut that down to 998 gallons by 2035, despite projections indicating per capita water use could increase by nine gallons a day to adapt to global warming.
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Sep 5, 2022 · And in August, the federal government enacted a Tier 2 shortage, which will limit the amount of water southern Nevada can pull from Lake Mead beginning in January by about 8.1 billion...
Dec 16, 2021 · LAS VEGAS — Trying to stave off dangerously low levels of water in Lake Mead, officials in California, Arizona and Nevada have reached an agreement to significantly reduce the amount they...
May 8, 2023 · Yet because Nevada is allowed to use less than two percent of the drought-hit Colorado River's total water, it has taken drastic action, from banning lawns to capping the size of swimming...
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Mar 14, 2023 · While some agencies across the U.S. West tie increased water use to increased cost, Nevada could be the first to give a water agency — the Southern Nevada Water Authority — the power to restrict what comes out of residents’ taps in state statute to about 30,000 gallons above the average use.
