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Vegas water agency empowered to limit home water flows in future
Ken Ritter, Associated Press//June 12, 2023//[read_meter]
Sprinklers water a lawn at a home on June 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a law this week, following passage by the Democratic-controlled Legislature, that would let the Southern Nevada Water Authority cap residential water flows in the future if the federal government dials back Nevada's share of water drawn from the drought-stricken Lake Mead reservoir. In Arizona, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced last week that developers of projects in fast-growing Phoenix suburbs will have to show they can provide water to new homes from sources other than the depleted groundwater supply.(AP Photo/John Locher)
Vegas water agency empowered to limit home water flows in future
Ken Ritter, Associated Press//June 12, 2023//[read_meter]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has taken a dramatic, but not immediate, step toward limiting the amount of Colorado River water used in the most populous part of the nation’s...
