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Las Vegas is actually very efficient. The city's water infrastructure is well built, and sustainable. More over... It's simply not the problem either - cities
by XorNot 4y ago
Las Vegas is actually very efficient. The city's water infrastructure is well built, and sustainable.
More over... It's simply not the problem either - cities never are.
Cities need water for individuals - ablutions and drinking, some light industry. The amount they use pales in comparison to what farmers and livestock will go through, and the volume and type of effluent produced, as well as contamination risk.
- humaniania 4y agoAll of the food consumed in Vegas has to get shipped in. That is not efficiency. In what universe are golf courses in the desert efficient?
- jiggyjace 4y agoAll of the food consumed anywhere has to get shipped in because of globalization... Because that's the most efficient thing. And golf courses only use 4 acre feet of water for each acre of golf course. In the grand scheme of half a million acre feet of water that Vegas takes from Lake Mead, it sure is efficient given how worried it makes people who don't even live there.