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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.
Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants. They want Nevada to do the same.
April 28, 2021
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on.
Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants, and now they’re asking the Nevada Legislature to outlaw roughly 40 per cent of the turf that’s left.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority estimates there are almost eight square miles of “nonfunctional turf” in the metro area grass that no one ever walks on or otherwise uses in street medians, housing developments and office parks.
Water-worried Vegas wants useless grass a thing of the past
By SAM METZ and KEN RITTERApril 12, 2021 GMT
LAS VEGAS (AP) A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on.
Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants, and now they’re asking the Nevada Legislature to outlaw roughly 40% of the turf that’s left.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority estimates there are almost 8 square miles (21 square kilometers) of “nonfunctional turf” in the metro area grass that no one ever walks on or otherwise uses in street medians, housing developments and office parks.