Southern Nevada grows continuously. But water in the Colorado River, the main source for us, does not.
It does replenish, but never enough to meet the ongoing demands of all who use it: seven states and their 40 million residents, tribal lands and Mexico.
If you’ve lived here a while, that’s not news. News would be if water managers for all those users came up with a new deal to limit and change water distribution levels.
Because it was a year and a half ago when those seven Colorado River states could not agree with a federal request to cut some 4 million acre-feet of water to the water supply.
There has, though, been movement since.
Guests: John Entsminger, general manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority; Alex Hager, Colorado River Reporter, KUNC
