One can debate the particulars, but to borrow a line from a recent GEICO ad campaign, “We all see it.” What is not causing it is the wastefulness of Las Vegans. Like it or not, believe it or not, climate change has much to do with it. Its primary cause is a now 20-year severe drought in the Colorado River Basin.
As a 36-year resident of Southern Nevada and recently retired environmental scientist who has worked on many water-related issues throughout my career, I had much to say.Īdmittedly, we have a water quantity problem here in Southern Nevada. These missives essentially asked, “So, what are you-all going to do about it?” One email was from my brother-in-law in Nebraska, the other from a friend in Denver with plans to move to the Phoenix area. Following recent nationwide news reports of the first-ever declared Tier 1 water shortage in the Colorado River, which reduces for the first time the amount of water Arizona, Nevada and Mexico can claim from the river, I received a couple of emails about what that meant for Las Vegas.
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