Several residents voiced their displeasure at the new fee, designed to pinch the pockets of the Las Vegas Valley’s biggest water users.
Colton Lochhead
Former Reporter
The Las Vegas Valley Water District says a new charge seems to be working as intended — residents are using less water.
After pushback, the BLM said it will require a full environmental review for Rover Metals’ lithium drilling project outside Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
Of 38 lakes and reservoirs tested, Lake Tahoe came in with the third-highest concentration of microplastics, according to the study published in Nature.
Las Vegas kicked off this year using far less water than previous years. But a dry outlook for the rest of summer could put a dent in those water use reductions.
Conservationists argue that the proposed exploratory drilling could devastate the springs in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and threaten endangered species.
The company’s search for lithium could lead to drilling near Ash Meadows, and conservationists worry that it could upend the fragile oasis ecosystem in the Nevada desert.
Federal regulators announced the settlement agreement over two Las Vegas wastewater treatment centers that failed to meet federal clean water standards.
Biologists released 18 Moapa dace into the Muddy River watershed — the first ever of the species to be bred in captivity and released into the wild.
Democrats controlling both chambers of the Nevada Legislature went into this year’s session with lofty environmental goals, but some bills died without a vote.
A projected overdemand for groundwater will limit growth along the edges of the metro Phoenix area, but the situation in Las Vegas is different.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority is planning to release high amounts of water into the wash over a three-day period.
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.
A leak at a wastewater pumping station caused the sewage to spill out of a manhole, and some of it ended up in a wash that leads to Lake Mead.
Nevada is the first state in the nation to give a local water agency the power to limit individual home water use.