Its water usage by about 30 . And thats hugely important in terms of the amount of infrastructure that communitys going to require. Narrator las vegas is one of the fastgrowing areas in the country. Its a relatively new city under constant construction. But because its in the arid mojave desert, the challenge of las vegas is supply. Woman all the growth and everything thats occurred in Southern Nevada has been with Colorado River water. Without it, the west as you know it today couldnt exist. Narrator to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely efficient. Mulroy this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what youre used to. As long as people recognize theyre moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a
We dont leave a lot of flexibility to dig that all up and replace it with something else. Sinha so we have to also teach our students, the workforce, that there is a new science repair, renewal, and rehabilitation. Thats different from building something new. You cannot fix each and every crack in the city. Its like each city, youre talking about 3,000, 5,000 miles of pipe. So you have to prioritize where they can go and fix the system. Narrator each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the Asset Management approach that best addresses these challenges. Inspections can be done with various technologies, often by a robot. Or personally by a technician on a bicycle. Sensors detect breaks, cracks, and weaknesses in the pipe. Man we have roots at this cap lateral at 79. Narrator tree roots can grow into the pipe, splitting it apart. Man more light roots at 69. Narrator sometimes they may even find fully collapsed sections. After gathering the data, utilities can assess the
And if the public gets behind it. Narrator even the casinos and resorts have adapted to efficient water use. Mulroy the Las Vegas Strip uses only 3 of all the water that we deliver. And when you think about it, its the largest economic driver in the state, the largest employer, bar none. They knew they had to go the extra mile. And theyve embraced conservation. And its almost beyond belief that theyre right now in the process of building another 15,000 rooms. Southern nevada recycles 100 of its wastewater. So for every gallon we put back in the colorado, we can take an additional gallon out, or we send it to reuse facilities. And we deliver it to golf courses and parks and other outside applications. Man waters about a third of our budget. Thats a lot of money. The lake right over here, 24 hours ago that was in somebodys house. Its been through a treatment plant. And now its in our lake and were watering with it. Narrator these reuse and conservation techniques enable las vegas to exis
And signing out, is it a lot of students or is it just getting from the pretty good up to what we would want . There is some sites where its spot on. There are other sites where students sign in and dont sign out. The level of documentation that supports the level of elements is not always there. So the past find ings were much more broad. The district follows these. What we found this year is not what was two or 3 years ago. Thats exactly what i wanted to know. I also have one other question which you can probably answer. So if we had the student Information System working better, would this make this easier or is it not going to apply to these programs . That system is more for the districts attendance for the district regular k12 attendance. The ace program is tracked differently. This is done by pencil forever or do we have a plan . There is a plan to a separate new system not the synergy system to do it online. Well be kicking and screaming out of the dark stages. Who is the staff
Be transferring that to the general fund. One, it skips the oversight of the committee, Advisory Committee of those funds and we understand that at times of dire needs that we shift these funds. I think we should now look at perhaps the way we use this money addressed in the formula, but i feel its maybe time to give some of that money back to school sites in the formula. We have asked school sites to be very patient during this time. There are schools that start school every year without paper and no budget. I think this should be a plan perhaps to wean us from this as we receive more revenues from the state and we can then use these funds to give direct relief to our school sites. Any comments from staff or commissioners . Yes . Emily . I just wanted to reiterate my strong support of the piece kak recommendation. As part of that i want to be on record as saying i would like to see dedicated funding stream for our world language program. Any other comments or responses . Yes, commissi