Judge weighs pause on enforcement of ‘nonfunctional’ grass law
A Clark County judge is considering whether water managers must halt their enforcement of a 2021 law requiring the removal of grass that they have deemed “nonfunctional.” Judge Anna Albertson will decide, too, if she will certify the lawsuit as a class action. … Though attorneys argued two motions in court on Wednesday and Thursday, the judge has yet to make a ruling. … The law takes effect at the beginning of next year, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District — one of the water authority’s member agencies — has floated water use fines for those who violate the law and continue to water nonfunctional turf. … Outdoor landscaping irrigation, water managers say, is the single largest use of water from Lake Mead that cannot be captured and recycled through Southern Nevada’s wastewater capture and treatment systems.
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