Water restrictions in CA, grass may not be as green but it's all about priority

[theking]

Where Lawns Are Outlawed (and Dug Up, and Carted Away)

Outlawing grass is probably probably the most dramatic effort but to preserve water within the Southwest, the place a long time of progress and 20 years of drought made worse by a warming local weather have led to dwindling provides from the Colorado River, which serves Nevada and 6 different states, Native American tribes and Mexico.

For Southern Nevada, residence to almost 2.5 million individuals and visited by upward of 40 million vacationers a 12 months, the issue is especially acute. The area depends upon Lake Mead, the close by reservoir behind Hoover Dam on the Colorado, for 90 p.c of its consuming water.

The lake has been shrinking since 2000, and is now so low the unique water consumption was uncovered final week. The regional water utility, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, has been so involved that it spent $1.5 billion over a decade constructing a a lot deeper consumption and a brand new pumping station, lately put into operation, so it could possibly take water whilst the extent continues to drop.

The brand new legislation, which handed with bipartisan assist, is supposed to assist be certain that what water there may be goes additional. It’s an instance of the type of strict measures that different areas might more and more be pressured to take to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of local weather change.

[hmgROCK]

All bark and no bite

Less talking
More action

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[theking]

Speaking of "All bark, no bite"...look at the EPIC FAIL of a LIE below:

I ALREADY STOP CLICKUON THEM