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Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30 of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. Las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. Were using less water today than we used five years ago, despite over 300,000 new residents. I think its a Pretty Amaz...

15 years later, Water Quality is on the agenda of every City Council Person in that local city, and thats completely a result of activists forcing the issue, surfrider and other local groups, saying, hey, these Water Quality issues are real and you need to address them. And only until the public sort of creates that will will the politicians respond. Narrator while some cities deal with infrastructure issues, others have concerns about the sustainability of water supplies. Allbee its not just ab...

Desert communities can continue to live. Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30 of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. Las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. Were using less water today...

Ofwing is such a huge part st. Louiss history. A lot of different breweries and the most famous was anheuserbush. In the era of anheuserbush millions oft barrels so much this year, this wereom an era when things simpler and it is fun to show gagee this object and their response. In the days before they had cans corkstle caps, they put in the bottles. Someone had to sit on this thing hand. It by they would push down with his cork enough the force to do down in the bottle. Ofnext weekend the histo...

Than what is transpiring from a bucket two and we are using system power to firm and shape our program. The interesting thing is you heard i bew for a long time when we talked about bucket 2 recs, complaining that it was just dirt power and now they are claiming that bucket 3 is dirty power and now that bucket one, which is probably the best energy. It goes from 10 percent in what was proposed at the time the board approved something to a year later 25 percent by a lot of good work by miss malco...

And only until the public sort of creates that will will the politicians respond. Narrator while some cities deal with infrastructure issues, others have concerns about the sustainability of water supplies. Allbee its not just about the sustainability of the assets, its about the sustainability of our water resources. Parts of this country that thought of themselves as water rich 20, 30 years ago, now are discovering that they really are not water rich, they have source supply issues, they have ...

Mulroy this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what youre used to. As long as people recognize theyre moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going t...

Fisher all the sensors in the field come into this location. These two operators behind me operate the entire water system, 24 7. So we can see all of our reservoirs, their elevations, whether theyre going up or down, how much water were getting from our two Treatment Plants. We try to move it very quickly through the system and serve it to our customers in the most economic and efficient manner. Narrator las vegas serves as an example for cities across the country, whether they have a limited s...

Reflected in the contract approved by the board of supervisors, sha is here today to discuss this finding. Good morning, chairman breed, supervisors, dave corto, director of contracts for human services. Though we agree with the findings that our contract was silent about the closure on holid holidays, we did negotiate with the contractor early on that we would account for these hours by assigning straight time for those times. The holiday time was clearly not in the rate negotiated. We purposel...

The audit had findings and most were agreed but one significant finding that i would like to discuss. Because of the value of this contract, approved by the board of supervisors. The contract has expired and sha has entered in a contract with the same vendor, requiring guards mart to provide for services. However as approved by the board, it does not require sha to pay guard marts for Security Services in other departments, and due to cancel of buildings closed for city holiday. As a result sha ...