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About how theyre going to accommodate additional growth in their communities. Melosi if we can find alternatives, we can preserve a water supply. Conservation of water is a way of generating more water. Allbee we think that a household can actually reduce its water usage by about 30 . And thats hugely important in terms of the amount of infrastructure that communitys going to require. Narrator las vegas is one of the fastgrowing areas in the country. Its a relatively new city under constant cons...

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 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 ...

Moriarty our goal with Surfrider Foundation is essentially to have the city understand that the water is, in fact, dirty, and then work with the infrastructure and the various issues to change that. Narrator but building more systems and more plants cant work alone as a sustainable solution. And, as in pittsburgh, as in new york, part of the answer lies in protecting the watershed. Nelsen we need to reduce the amount of impervious surfaces in our watershed, which are surfaces that dont let the w...

The intervening times. So im hoping that those concerns were addressed in a satisfactory manner, otherwise there will be time for discussion for that agenda item tonight. And there was a motion by the committee to advance to the vote tonight. Deputy superintendant we have a reading. Thank you. My name is kathy flemming. I will read into record the proposal. 14114sp. Approval of the Public Education Enrichment Fund plan for school year 20142015. Whereas the school established an Education Fund an...

If theres the political will and if the public gets behind it. Narrator even the casinos and resorts have adapted to efficient water use. Mulroy the Las Vegas Strip uses only 3 of all the water that we deliver. And when you think about it, its the largest economic driver in the state, the largest employer, bar none. They knew they had to go the extra mile. And theyve embraced conservation. And its almost beyond belief that theyre right now in the process of building another 15,000 rooms. Souther...

So if you were to measure the water that goes into your system and compare it to the water that goes out, how much is unaccounted for . Most states have a goal of 10 . Ours is at only 5. 5 right now. And we have plans to lower that to 4 . Man we actually have our entire Distribution System mapped out in a computerized or electronic format. And we can locate our pipes, we can locate our valves, we can locate water meters that are out there. Weve got small units installed in the Distribution Syste...

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...

Ends up in catch basins, storm drains, into our storm drain system, and for some of the city, parts of the city, it ends up here at smurrf. 350,000 gallons come here on a daily basis, producing recycled water, and that can be reused for landscape irrigation and indoor toilet flushing. The pumps can only handle so much water, which is generally when its not rain, the dryweather runoff, so if you get a storm of a decent size, the pumps will shut down automatically and the water will just continue ...

Another important form of conservation is preventing leaks. Man every drop counts. All Water Systems have what they call an efficiency rating. So if you were to measure the water that goes into your system and compare it to the water that goes out, how much is unaccounted for . Most states have a goal of 10 . Ours is at only 5. 5 right now. And we have plans to lower that to 4 . Man we actually have our entire Distribution System mapped out in a computerized or electronic format. And we can loca...

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 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 d...