For Want of Water

Water authority extending rebate program for removing grass in Southern Nevada

Sep 19, 2024 (11:35 a.m.)

By Ilana Williams

The Southern Nevada Water Authority is extending its Water Smart Landscape rebate initiative, saying the program that helps homeowners replace their grass with desert landscaping will continue until funds expire. The water authority ...

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Colby Pellegrino, Deputy General Manager of Resources for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, speaks during an interview Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.

Sep 19, 2024 (11:35 a.m.)

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By Ilana Williams

The Southern Nevada Water Authority is extending its Water Smart Landscape rebate initiative, saying the program that helps homeowners replace their grass with desert landscaping will continue until funds expire. The water authority ...

• Conservation agency presents Colo. River project updates to Senate

  Sep 12, 2024 (5:42 p.m.)

  By Ilana Williams

  Camille Touton, the commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, praised the water conservation efforts of Southern Nevadans on Wednesday during a U.S. Senate committee meeting of energy and natural resources.

  

• Henderson mayor says city to pay for neighborhood's water repairs

  Sep 3, 2024 (5:41 p.m.)

  By Ayden Runnels

  After residents of a Henderson subdivision believed they would be forced to relocate due to issues with their homes’ water distribution system, Henderson mayor Michelle Romero announced Tuesday the city would front the repair costs. 

  

• Colorado River shortage triggers 7% Nevada water cut

  Aug 16, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Kyle Chouinard

  Nevada will lose 7% of its apportioned water for its 2025 operations in drought-saving measures from the dwindling Colorado River supply, the Bureau of Reclamation announced Thursday. ...

  

• Federal official: Nevada, Lower Basin states meet key Colorado River water goals ahead of schedule

  Aug 15, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Kyle Chouinard

  A plan from water officials in Arizona, Nevada and California to cut back on the amount of water those states use ...

  

• As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans

  Aug 14, 2024 (9:11 a.m.)

  By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

  The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River, the powerhouse of the U.S. West. The Interior Department announces ...

  

• Invasive mussels’ larvae in Colorado could eventually cause problems in Nevada

  Jul 29, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Las Vegas Sun Staff

  Evidence of invasive, destructive zebra mussels in the Colorado River could mean trouble for wildlife, boaters and water companies alike, but it’s not yet clear if the thumbnail-sized mollusk will appear in Southern Nevada as a result.

  

• Nevada, Western states get $700 million boost from US for water conservation

  Jun 10, 2024 (5:16 p.m.)

  By Rhiannon Saegert

  A $700 million investment from the federal government will fund water conservation projects across Nevada, California and Arizona to protect the Colorado River’s water supply ...

  

• Concerns mount over proposed lithium mine’s threat to fragile ecosystem in Nevada’s Esmeralda County

  Jun 4, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Rhiannon Saegert

  A proposed lithium mine in Esmeralda County that poses a threat to a rare desert wildflower could also damage the Silver Peak Range Mountains and Fish Lake Valley ...

  

• Bridging the gap: New route should alleviate Laughlin-Bullhead travel

  May 27, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  Ronald Tschanz’s 15-mile commute from Fort Mojave, Ariz., to Laughlin for his job at a local gas station at the Nevada-Arizona border community on the Colorado River shouldn’t be this time consuming ...

  
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