Over at The Atlantic Cities blog, a post on the importance of maximizing water resources leads, of course, to our own obsessive water tracking -- a good thing. They even say we created "one of the best water systems in the U.S." Aw, shucks!
Ground zero for this type of thinking is Las Vegas. "Water is so scarce and precious that they can’t afford to have leaks," Curtis says. "They’ve been very aggressive at the efficiency of water delivery." Las Vegas began building its current water infrastructure system in the 1950s. It grew rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s, and now encompasses some 4,000 square miles of pipes. According to Kevin Fisher, director of operations at the Las Vegas Valley Water District , the system protects against leaks in several ways.
