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$160, $320 -- >> anthony: and it just keeps going. >> robert: yeah. >> anthony: it seems to me, a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? >> robert: well, every -- most everyone that lives here came from the midwest or the east coast and it was all lush and green and thats what vegas was 20 years ago. >> anthony: it was lush and green. >> robert: sure, sure. >> anthony: the city assigns watering days to control usage and also encourages xerisc...

Going. >> robert: yeah. >> anthony: it seems to me, a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? >> robert: well, every -- most everyone that lives here came from the midwest or the east coast and it was all lush and green and thats what vegas was 20 years ago. >> anthony: it was lush and green. >> robert: sure, sure. >> anthony: the city assigns watering days to control usage and also encourages xeriscaping, a landscaping style focused on drough...

Alarming rate. but it aint the casinos that are the culprits. in fact, vegas casinos are a model of water-efficiency and conservation. main culprit? the all-american lawn, a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets, looking for evidence of water violations. >> robert: theres finally some water in the gutter, actually on both sides. this is not their day. were in an area where there shouldnt be any watering. yet theres water here. so thats what we do, we d...

Alarming rate. but it aint the casinos that are the culprits. in fact, vegas casinos are a model of water-efficiency and conservation. main culprit? the all-american lawn, a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets, looking for evidence of water violations. >> robert: theres finally some water in the gutter, actually on both sides. this is not their day. were in an area where there shouldnt be any watering. yet theres water here. so thats what we do, we d...

Although we can go to a, a fee. >> anthony: around how much? >> robert: $80. >> anthony: $80. what about the -- >> robert: then it doubles. $160, $320 -- >> anthony: and it just keeps going. >> robert: yeah. >> anthony: it seems to me, a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? >> robert: well, every -- most everyone that lives here came from the midwest or the east coast and it was all lush and green and thats what vegas was 20 years ago. >> a...

>> anthony: $80. what about the -- >> robert: then it doubles. $160, $320 -- >> anthony: and it just keeps going. >> robert: yeah. >> anthony: it seems to me, a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? >> robert: well, every -- most everyone that lives here came from the midwest or the east coast and it was all lush and green and thats what vegas was 20 years ago. >> anthony: it was lush and green. >> robert: sure, sure. >> anthony: the city as...

Water levels in the colorado river reservoir at lake mead decrease at an alarming rate. but it aint the casinos that are the culprits. in fact, vegas casinos are a model of water-efficiency and conservation. main culprit? the all-american lawn, a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets, looking for evidence of water violations. >> robert: theres finally some water in the gutter, actually on both sides. this is not their day. were in an area where there s...

The main culprit, the all american lawn. a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets looking for evidence of water violations. >> theres water in the gutter on both sides. this is not their day. were in an area where there shouldnt be any watering, but theres water here. so thats what we do, we drive around here, look for something like that, give them an education. >> you dont cuff them and bring them in. >> no. but we can go to a fee? >> how much? >> $80...

23469 in fact, vegas casinos are a model of water efficiency. the main culprit, the all american lawn. a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets looking for evidence of water violations. >> theres finally some water in the gutter on both sides. this is not their day. were in an area where there shouldnt be any watering, but theres water here. so thats what we do, we drive around here looking for something like that, give them an education. >> so you dont...

But it aint the casinos that are the culprit. vegas casinos are a model of water efficiency. the main culprit, the all american lawn. a little square of green. robert kern is water police. he patrols the vegas streets looking for evidence of water violations. >> theres water in the gutter on both sides. this is not their day. were in an area where there shouldnt be any watering, but theres water here. so thats what we do, we drive around here, look for something like that, give them an education...