Is Las Vegas a Model of Effective Water Conservation?

Over the past few decades, the desert state of Nevada has managed to use the relatively small share of water it receives from the Colorado River very efficiently. The Las Vegas Valley is leading the way in this effort through a package of measures, regulations, and awareness campaigns. The drought, a product of climate change, is drying up the flow of the Colorado. Six other states face the same problem in supplying water to 40 million people across the western United States, a third of whom are Latinos. How have they managed? Can their measures be replicated in other states? Laura Anaya-Morga looked for answers and reports from Las Vegas.  

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Photo: Laura Anaya-Morga