A bill that would allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority to install a massive water service line under a conservation area cleared the U.S. Senate on Thursday. … The Horizon Lateral pipeline, which will be wide enough to drive a Ford F-150 truck through, could cost the agency up to $2 billion. Officials say the new project is necessary to ensure that service isn’t disrupted if and when the South Valley Lateral pipeline, built in 1996, goes down for repairs. The South Valley Lateral pipeline transports about 40 percent of the Las Vegas Valley’s water.

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