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The American West is drying up
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) In Sin City, one thing that will soon become unforgivable is useless grass.
A new Nevada law will outlaw about 31% of the grass in the Las Vegas area in an effort to conserve water amid a drought that’s drying up the region’s primary water source: the Colorado River.
Other cities and states around the U.S. have enacted temporary bans on lawns that must be watered, but legislation signed Friday by Gov. Steve Sisolak makes Nevada the first in the nation to enact a permanent ban on certain categories of grass.
Sisolak said last week that anyone flying into Las Vegas viewing the “bathtub rings” that delineate how high Lake Mead’s water levels used to be can see that conservation is needed.
The West s megadrought The Week Staff © Provided by The Week
California and the Southwest face soaring temperatures, severe drought and a hotter and drier new normal. Here s everything you need to know:
What s the current situation?
The West is in the midst of a widespread drought emergency of historic intensity. Seventy-two percent of the West is under severe drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and more than 25 percent is in an exceptional drought, the most extreme category. Many reservoirs are at record lows; last month Lake Mead, which provides water for 25 million people, hit its lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s. Mountain snowpack, which usually feeds reservoirs during the dry months through melting, is nearly nonexistent. And though it s not even summer yet, a record-setting heat wave baked the already parched region last week, sending temperatures up to 107 in Salt Lake, 116 in Las Vegas, and 118 in Phoenix. Th