When it comes to Lake Mead’s water levels, even the biggest storms that hit Las Vegas aren’t much of a factor.
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The tropical storm brought nearly a monsoon season’s worth of precipitation in just a few days. But that heavy rainfall likely had little effect on Lake Mead’s water levels.
Not even Las Vegas’ hottest month on record could knock Lake Mead’s timely rise off course.
Research suggests that cloud seeding can increase snowfall by as much as 10 percent, so it’s no wonder that Nevada — the nation’s driest state — is investing in the practice.
A projected overdemand for groundwater will limit growth along the edges of the metro Phoenix area, but the situation in Las Vegas is different.
Average summertime temperatures in Las Vegas have increased by 5.8 degrees since 1970, ranking as the second fastest-warming city in the U.S.
If the bill were to become law, Nevada would be the first state to give a water agency the power to cap the amount of water that flows into individual homes.
The two proposals show that “the tools available to the federal government are very blunt,” said John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
Since the 1980s, Southern Nevada has been banking its unused Colorado River water, storing hundreds of billions of gallons away underground and in Lake Mead.
The mountains that feed the Colorado River already have seen more snow this winter than they normally would through an entire snow season.
One of the Colorado River’s two major reservoirs is expected to collect better than average runoff this year, thanks to an unusually wet La Niña pattern that dropped a deluge of snow up and down the basin.
While not enough to fend off the falling water levels entirely, the snow that has dropped in recent weeks across the mountains that feed the river is expected to slow the decline at Lake Mead.
The Rocky Mountains snow season has had a good start, but whether it will be enough to buoy levels at Lake Mead and along the Colorado River remains to be seen.
The Las Vegas Valley Water District is expected to adopt a new rate structure so big users pay more when they use more water.
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Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
The official measuring station at at Harry Reid International Airport reached 110 at 2:11 and continued to rise.
The discovery was made about 9:40 p.m. in a neighborhood near Wetlands Park, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s November recruit class graduated from the police academy with the support of a large crowd including family members.