Category Water

Read this and hope, California. “A majority of the global atmosphere ocean models are currently suggesting the potential for an [El Nino] event rivaling the strongest event in the historical record.” Whoa. This could mean deluges of rain will be…

We just xeriscaped the yard in the house we recently bought in Las Vegas. Water is expensive here, and rates are tiered, so the more you use, the more expensive it gets per unit. When we bought the house late…

Pat Mulroy headed the Southern Nevada Water Authority from its inception in 1991 to 2014, when she retired. She transformed Las Vegas water usage. All indoor water is reclaimed and recycled. Home watering is done on a strictly enforced schedule.…

California is learning what Vegas has already discovered. Mad schemes to build a water pipeline from other states will be treated rather grumpily by the other states, the operative phrase being “Over our dead bodies.” Plus, pipelines cost billions to…

Water journalist John Fleck says despite the extremely low levels in Lake Mead, the system is still functioning and there are no emergencies yet. The answers – and I believe them – are that things are getting tighter, but that…