Nevada’s water crisis has been a longtime coming. However, a “ring around the valley” idea led to controversy 36 years ago. Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus said she advocated for growth boundaries back when she was a state senator. That would have managed the valley’s growth and helped conserve resources like water. … Titus said when she first came up with the “ring around the valley” idea, we were building an elementary school a month just to keep up with the growth in the late 90s. She said we are once again one of the fastest growing cities in the country and still insists we need long-term solutions to address our water crisis.