President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Tuesday that will allow water managers to build a $2 billion pipeline under a national conservation area. The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Water Pipeline Act was championed in Congress by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Dina Titus, both Democrats. Ultimately, the pipeline will meet growing service demands in Henderson and southwest Las Vegas and ensure that water service can continue should an older pipeline need repairs. … The costly, massive construction project is a response to the aging existing South Valley Lateral pipeline, which was constructed in 1996 and supplies about 40 percent of the valley’s water. … In addition to allowing the water authority to build the pipeline, the law adds 9,280 acres to the 48,438-acre Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.

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