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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 construction. But because its in the arid mojave desert, the challenge of las vegas is supply. Woman all the growth and everything thats occurred in Southern Nevada has been with Colorado River water. Without it, the west as you know it today couldnt exist. Narrator to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely...

We dont leave a lot of flexibility to dig that all up and replace it with something else. Sinha so we have to also teach our students, the workforce, that there is a new science repair, renewal, and rehabilitation. Thats different from building something new. You cannot fix each and every crack in the city. Its like each city, youre talking about 3,000, 5,000 miles of pipe. So you have to prioritize where they can go and fix the system. Narrator each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the Asset Management approach that best addresses these challenges. Inspections can be done ...

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. Southern nevada recycles 100 of its wastewater. So for every gallon we put back in the colorado, we can take an additional gallon out, o...

But i know theyll have to fix the water and sewer infrastructure. Woman the city had chronic sewage overflows into the chattahoochee and its tributaries. Fecal coliform bacteria levels were in the millions of colonies per hundred milliliter, which was a significant Public Health threat. And this had been occurring for decades. But neither the federal epa nor the epd back in the 90s were willing to take action under the clean water act to make the city fix its plumbing. So in 1994, we started upper chattahoochee river keeper. We filed a clean water act lawsuit. In 1997, we won. And so for the p...

And it minimizes cost, because obviously, if youve got a leak thats been leaking for sometime, youre going to see a lot of undermining of the roadways, potential property damage. 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 se...