Nevada bans 'non-functional' grass

[Hammy]

They need to shut those water-wasting fountains off as well.

The Bellagio fountains pull their water from a private well underneath the resort, which was dug to feed the predecessor property's even thirstier golf course.  The water is then processed and sent back out to Lake Mead.  To your point though, 12 million gallons a year are needed to replenish the water that evaporates in the 110° dry summers.

In any case, only 7% of Lake Mead's water supply is used by the hotels and casinos (including their fountains).

That's actually quite a lot given how low the water supplies already are.

[jamestroll]

The most vulnerable major metro to literally running out of water is quite likely Salt Lake City.

haha as someone who has been to SLC, Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas... SLC seems to care the least about water conservation.

[Joe Republic]

They need to shut those water-wasting fountains off as well.

The Bellagio fountains pull their water from a private well underneath the resort, which was dug to feed the predecessor property's even thirstier golf course.  The water is then processed and sent back out to Lake Mead.  To your point though, 12 million gallons a year are needed to replenish the water that evaporates in the 110° dry summers.

In any case, only 7% of Lake Mead's water supply is used by the hotels and casinos (including their fountains).

That's actually quite a lot given how low the water supplies already are.

Almost all of that water gets treated and sent back to the lake, though.  It’s the rest of the city that dominates the usage and waste statistics.

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Freedom Ban!

Now Utah needs to do it. At least in certain counties (Washington).

Don’t worry, while Nevada is taking tangible steps to reduce water waste, Utah is also taking drastic action:


https://twitter.com/wish_tv/status/1400902358603812866?s=21

White settlers massacred and infected the people of the Southwest who knew how to rain dance, only to find when their fossil fuel burning created droughts that their false gods couldn't do anything about it even when faced with overwhelming supplication. Such is the great tragic irony of colonialism.

Are you seriously claiming that a rain dance would work ?

[If my soul was made of stone]

Freedom Ban!

Now Utah needs to do it. At least in certain counties (Washington).

Don’t worry, while Nevada is taking tangible steps to reduce water waste, Utah is also taking drastic action:


https://twitter.com/wish_tv/status/1400902358603812866?s=21

White settlers massacred and infected the people of the Southwest who knew how to rain dance, only to find when their fossil fuel burning created droughts that their false gods couldn't do anything about it even when faced with overwhelming supplication. Such is the great tragic irony of colonialism.

Are you seriously claiming that a rain dance would work ?

Who knows?

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I've never understand why you would live in a desert and still try and have a lawn like you live in England.