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Is anyone in Vegas giving odds on the lack of water in the southwest U.S. curtailing any 10 or 20 year plan?
by geomark 11y ago
Is anyone in Vegas giving odds on the lack of water in the southwest U.S. curtailing any 10 or 20 year plan?
- velodrome 11y agoNevada has 4% water rights to the Colorado river. The rest goes to Arizona and California (majority of it goes to farming in desert areas). https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Colorado_River_Compact https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Colorado_River_Compact Nevada plans on getting water from the north and transporting it south... http://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/12/water-authority-gets-state-agencys-backing-pipelin/ http://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/12/water-authority-gets... Regardless, it will be irresponsible to grow a city without access to water.