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Trees are dying. Riverbeds are empty. Lake Mead's water level dropped to its lowest point in history, and Utah's governor asked residents to pray for rain. Water is increasingly scarce in the Western U.S. where 72 percent of the region is in "severe" drought, 26 percent is in exceptional drought, and populations are booming. Sign up for our Newsletters Insufficient monsoon rains last summer and low snowpacks over the winter left states like. ....
Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants. They want Nevada to do the same. ....
April 28, 2021 LAS VEGAS (AP) – A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on. Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants, and now they’re asking the Nevada Legislature to outlaw roughly 40 per cent of the turf that’s left. The Southern Nevada Water Authority estimates there are almost eight square miles of “nonfunctional turf” in the metro area grass that no one ever walks on or otherwise uses in street medians, housing developments and office parks. ....
Water-worried Vegas wants useless grass a thing of the past By SAM METZ and KEN RITTERApril 12, 2021 GMT LAS VEGAS (AP) A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on. Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants, and now they’re asking the Nevada Legislature to outlaw roughly 40% of the turf that’s left. The Southern Nevada Water Authority estimates there are almost 8 square miles (21 square kilometers) of “nonfunctional turf” in the metro area grass that no one ever walks on or otherwise uses in street medians, housing developments and office parks. ....