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How Las Vegas Won the Water Wars
- abduhl 11y agoThis article fails to mention the billions of dollars that Vegas has sunk into continuing to tap Lake Mead. Over the last few decades, Southern Nevada Water Authority has spent at least $2.5 billion driving tunnels and constructing structures in order to tap lower and lower parts of Lake Mead. The most recent tunnel job just completed and is known as Intake #3 and it is situated at essentially the lowest point of the Lake. Water demand has continued to rise while the water level in Lake Mead have continued to fall. SNWA has assured that they can take every last drop out of Lake Mead with these improvements.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWhat's the plan when Lake Mead runs dry and Las Vegas runs out of water AND power?
- steve19 11y agodeploy the national guard and let the courts figure it out? [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact#History
- nl 11y agoRelevant: http://www.npr.org/2015/05/28/408295800/the-water-knife-cuts-deep http://www.npr.org/2015/05/28/408295800/the-water-knife-cuts...
- BrainInAJar 11y agoThe book's fantastic. His other adult novel "The Windup Girl" similarly.
- jtmcmc 11y agoI am reading that at this moment and yes very very relevant.