Quote Originally Posted by bust View Post
+100, haha!

Only corruption and bad political design can explain how it's allowed to consume and gratuitously waste so much water in the middle of a vast area with a great shortage of it, and worse, how its population is allowed to rapidly increase even as the water shortage more rapidly grows.

So what if they filter their sewage to recycle and drink it? It's nowhere near enough.
Check your facts.
Nevada uses at most 2% of the Colorado River.
https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/question/mead-shutdown/

99% of indoor water in Las Vegas is returned to Lake Mead.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion...g-2450922/amp/

The Strip represents only 4% of southern Nevada's water use.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-...rn-nevada/amp/

"The community used 23 billion gallons less water in 2020 than in 2002, despite a population increase of more than 780,000 residents during that time. This represents a 47 percent decline in the community’s per capita water use since 2002."
https://www.lvvwd.com/conservation/measures/index.html