Nevada is the first state in the nation to give a local water agency the power to limit individual home water use.
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A bill that advocates pitched as a major step toward fixing Nevada’s growing groundwater problem was all but dead in the state Legislature on Friday.
State lawmakers are expected to heavily amend a water conservation bill that irked septic tank owners in the Las Vegas Valley.
The Nevada Assembly voted 30-12 in favor of a wide-ranging water conservation bill that could lead to caps on residential water use in Las Vegas.
If approved, the legislation would make Nevada the first state to give a local water agency permanent say over how much water residents can use.
Southern Nevada Water Authority would have the authority to impose water use restrictions on the biggest users under a bill heard by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.
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Morning lows will be in the mid-70s, with highs at or near 100 into next week.
A Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman says the blaze is about 30 percent contained as of late Tuesday morning.
In each of the past three years, more than 100 fatalities have occurred on Nevada roads during the three full months in the span between the two holiday weekends.
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