Even though it still gets over 100 degrees, and forecasters say it’ll stay there for another week or so, right now … we’re all breathing a sigh of relief.
Because the summer’s awful summer heat seems over.
How bad was it? Even those few born here weren’t doing their usual boasting about how the heat was nothing. This summer was something altogether different. It was starting to break people, and it killed dozens.
To make matters worse, the news came a few weeks ago that Las Vegas would once again have cut back on its use of the Colorado River, even though it already has the smallest share of water out of seven states that use the river.
And it’s made us all wonder about our water supply. We can have all the megaresorts we want, but without a steady supply of water, Las Vegas doesn’t exist, or it exists on a much smaller scale.
But is that even a potential future? Will the seven states get their act together and come up with enough river cuts that we can stop worrying for a while?
Guests: John Entsminger, general manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority; Alex Hager, Colorado River reporter, KUNC
