Las Vegas gambling on the water table...

Posted Dec 8, 2007 @ 5:12 pm, Viewed by 310 Visitors, Read 321 Times.

From its beginnings, Las Vegas has had a thirst beyond the capabilities of its own water sources to absorb. Half a century ago, the city dried up ancient springs in the Las Vegas valley, but its population continued to explode. Today, Las Vegas' pursuit of water is not just a local problem, it becomes a survival issue with serious implications for water supplies, communities and the environment throughout Nevada and in areas of neighboring Utah and California.

Here is a great material worth reading so that we understand not only the urgency for finding solution for years to come but also an environmental threat with unpredictable consequences. To comprehend the magnitude of the threat posed by Las Vegas' plan to pump rural Nevada water, it is helpful to understand the natural processes that formed and continue to sustain life in the Great Basin.

The Great Basin Water Network is an umbrella organization for groups and individuals committed to protecting the water resources of the Great Basin for current and future inhabitants (human, animal and plant). Read more>>

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1 Responses to “Las Vegas gambling on the water table...”

photo SVRPaul

That's a great article. It seems to me that it would be far wiser to explore trading water rights from the Colorado with California in exchange for Desalination plants. That would seem to be a better long term fix then funding what appears to be nothing but a pricey short term solution with obvious environmental concerns.

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