December 6, 2007--Southern Nevada's efforts to get more water scores major win (Las Vegas Now)
The state cleared a major hurdle Thursday in the effort to bring more water to Southern Nevada. The Southern Nevada Water Authority signed an important agreement with six other states along the Colorado River. Ten years of negotiations led to this day. The water authority general manager broke barriers to get all seven states along the Colorado River to agree to change the way the river is managed. In the process, Southern Nevada gets more drinking water. General Manager Pat Mulroy says it's enough to keep faucets going until the authority can start piping water from other sources. "This absolutely will cover the gap, but always with the backdrop being conservation. This assumes that we stay on track on our conservation goals," Mulroy said. The additional drinking water is enough for the equivalent of 210,000 homes for a year.
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