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>> 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 that's 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 o...

Water levels in the colorado river reservoir at lake mead decrease at an alarming rate. but it ain't 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: there's finally some water in the gutter, actually on both sides. this is not their day. we're in an area where there shouldn't be any watering. yet there's water here. so that's what we do, we drive around looking f...

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. >> there's water in the gutter on both sides. this is not their day. we're in an area where there shouldn't be any watering, but there's water here. so that's what we do, we drive around here, look for something like that, give them an education. >> you don't cuff them and bring them in. >> no. but we can go to a fee? >> how much? >> $80. and then it keeps going. >> it seems to me to be a losing battle to keep your grass green? d...

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. >> there's finally some water in the gutter on both sides. this is not their day. we're in an area where there shouldn't be any watering, but there's water here. so that's what we do, we drive around here looking for something like that, give them an education. >> so you don't wrestle them to the ground, cuff them, and bring them in? >> no. but we can go to a fee. >> h...

But it ain't 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. >> there's water in the gutter on both sides. this is not their day. we're in an area where there shouldn't be any watering, but there's water here. so that's what we do, we drive around here, look for something like that, give them an education visit. hey you are not supposed to water today. >> you don't cuff them and bring them in. >> ...