The water authority wants to pay Southern Nevadans to plant shade trees to maintain and grow the region’s tree canopy.
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The budget includes nearly $400 million for major construction projects across the valley aimed at improving the resiliency and capacity of the valley’s water system.
State lawmakers are expected to heavily amend a water conservation bill that irked septic tank owners in the Las Vegas Valley.
Two competing proposals to achieve federally mandated cuts to Colorado River water use are on the table, but agreement between states has remained elusive.
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.