Opinion: Will others follow SNWA’s lead on conservation?
Water conservation isn’t cheap. But it’s not as pricey as 300-mile pipelines and water grabs. Last week, the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s board passed its 2020 Water Resource Plan — a blueprint detailing the water purveyor’s estimates for supply and demand in a world with a declining Colorado River, spiking temperatures and increasing populations.
-Written by Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting water resources in the nation’s driest places.