Nevada lawmakers are considering allowing Las Vegas to impose a cap on residential water use in one of the driest major metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Nevada lawmakers are considering a remarkable shift in allowing the water agency that manages the Colorado River supply for Las Vegas to limit single-family residential use in the desert city and surrounding county.
While some agencies across the U.S. West tie increased water use to increased cost, Nevada could be the first to give a water agency, in this case the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the power to restrict what comes out of residents’ taps to about 30,000 gallons above the average use. It’s aimed mostly at the“It’s a worst-case scenario plan,” the bill’s sponsor, Democratic Assemblyman Howard Watts of Las Vegas, said of the residential limit.
“[For] a single-family home, you need to take into consideration: how many adults, family members are in this home?” said Sarah Patton of Las Vegas. “We have grown children that are currently living with us. That is more water use.”The Department of Water Resources announced an initial allocation of just 5% of requested supplies from the State Water Project.
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