Multiple government bodies are attacking the problem of forever chemicals head on, especially with new regulations handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Though it poses no immediate risk to the water supply, a new study found drugs in increased concentrations at the wash after big events, including EDC and the NFL draft.
The five buoys could prevent future boating accidents and help predict water quality.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has released its annual Water Resource Plan, which shows the challenges of dealing with a dwindling Colorado River.
Three feet of snow in Colorado’s mountain region recently boosted the snowpack closer to normal after a dry start to winter.
When it comes to Lake Mead’s water levels, even the biggest storms that hit Las Vegas aren’t much of a factor.
“We have seen increasing trends of unsafe and unlawful activity over the past few years that is not just limited to DUI incidents,” a National Park Service spokesperson said.
Drinking recycled sewage water is gaining steam across the West as cities grapple with the effects of more than two decades of drought that has dwindled water supplies from the Colorado River.
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.
A projected overdemand for groundwater will limit growth along the edges of the metro Phoenix area, but the situation in Las Vegas is different.
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.
Take a deep dive into Lake Mead’s colorful history.