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Waterparks and fountains in Las Vegas: A closer look at where water is going amid the drought
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and last updated 2021-07-16 20:25:59-04
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- Despite being in the midst of the longest sustained drought we've ever seen, and on the verge of a federally declared water shortage, every day in Las Vegas water is used for play.
The valley is home to not one but two waterparks. Cowabunga Bay and Wet'n'Wild provide relief from the sweltering heat for hundreds of thousands of locals and tourists every summer.
And it's not just mega-slides and lazy rivers where we get our water fix. Water plays a recreational role on the Las Vegas Strip, too. Many casinos have multiple pools or fountains, perhaps the most obvious and grandiose example being at the Bellagio.
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and last updated 2021-05-02 23:01:10-04
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) â A push to conserve outdoor water use in the valley. It comes as Lake Mead could possibly see water levels at their lowest point in decades, likely causing the federal government to declare a water shortage.
The shores of Lake Mead are retreating little by little, as a two-decade drought continues to evaporate more water. This yearâs winter mountain snow was not enough to thoroughly replenish the lake.
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Lake Powell, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, is the nation’s second-largest reservoir by maximum water capacity, supplying water to several Western states.
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
No country is immune from water scarcity issues — not even the world’s wealthiest country, the United States.
The southwestern states, in particular, have faced frequent and ongoing droughts over the past two decades, and traditional water supplies are failing. As groundwater supplies in the region have depleted substantially, rainfall has decreased and the costs of importing water have risen substantially.
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