{"id":183124,"date":"2021-08-17T15:24:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T22:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=183124"},"modified":"2021-08-31T05:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:50:48","slug":"las-vegas-water-supply-cut-next-year-under-first-ever-federal-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-water-supply-cut-next-year-under-first-ever-federal-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Water Supply Cut Next Year Under First-Ever Federal Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Strip — and the rest of Southern Nevada — will get less water in 2022 under the federal government\u2019s first water-shortage declaration on the Colorado River.<\/p>\n

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Water levels at Lake Mead have fallen to historic lows. Images from 2000 (left) and 2021 show the dramatic difference in water reserves. (Image: KLAS<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reduced water supply will require better conservation efforts to help combat next year\u2019s shortfall of seven billion gallons, said John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.<\/p>\n

We live in the desert,\u201d<\/strong> he said. \u201cIt’s time to act like it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Colorado River feeds into Lake Mead, which supplies 90 percent of Southern Nevada\u2019s water. The lake is the nation\u2019s largest reservoir by volume, but is less than 40 percent full. Lake Mead is at its lowest since being filled when Hoover Dam was completed in the mid-1930s, according to CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For decades, water concerns in the Las Vegas Valley have led to finger-pointing regarding excessive usage. Some locals blame casinos, with their swimming pools and water features, for wasted water. Others note that residential users, some accustomed to green lawns where they lived before moving to a fast-growing city in the Mojave Desert, are the biggest problem.<\/p>\n

In a YouTube video posted this week, Entsminger said grass-watering is where conservation efforts should be focused.<\/p>\n

“Grass is the biggest water guzzler here in the valley,\u201d<\/strong> Entsminger said. \u201cIt\u2019s not Strip resorts, golf courses, or parks.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Single-family homes \u201cby far use the most water, mostly for outdoor landscape irrigation,” he said.<\/p>\n

Thirsty Grass<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Entsminger said a hotter, drier climate has meant a reduced snowpack in the Colorado Rockies, \u201cwhich means less water flowing into the Colorado River and Lake Mead,\u201d Las Vegas\u2019 primary water source.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you\u2019re a newcomer to the Las Vegas Valley or you\u2019ve lived here for decades, you know we\u2019re facing tough water challenges, and they\u2019re about to get tougher,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re in what some would call a megadrought that isn\u2019t showing any signs of letting up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The water authority is urging residents to follow mandatory seasonal water restrictions and to report lawn sprinklers that either doesn\u2019t hit the grass or shoot water into neighborhood streets. Conservation would save tens of millions of gallons of water each year, Entsminger said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe have to seriously step up water conservation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Entsminger also said the water authority will pay residents to replace their \u201cthirsty grass\u201d with desert-friendly landscaping.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have grass that serves no recreational value, get rid of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Not the Silver Bullet\u2019<\/h2>\n

Entsminger added that the water authority has water set aside in reserve and has made some infrastructure improvements to protect the Las Vegas Valley\u2019s water supply.<\/p>\n

Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal <\/em>conservation alone will not solve the problem. The network has called for developers to identify water supplies before construction can begin.<\/p>\n

“Conservation is not the silver bullet, but it\u2019s part of the silver buckshot strategy,\u201d<\/strong> he told the newspaper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The US Bureau of Reclamation, which announced the water shortage declaration this week, will begin the first tier of cuts on Jan. 1, CNN<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

The Colorado River supplies water throughout the West for 40 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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