WATERLIFE - NFB. Water. For Want of Water - Topics - Las Vegas Sun. — Interactive by Zach Wise Las Vegas was first settled for its springs, springs that made it an oasis in the desert.
Although those springs have decades since run dry, water is still the most import resource to Las Vegas and the dry Southwest. And by all indications the region is only going to get dryer. Scientists predict devastating effects from global warming, conservationists are calling for a halt to growth in Southern Nevada as a way to preserve supplies and water managers are looking to ever more creative ways to reduce reliance on the overburdened Colorado River.
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