Las Vegas Will Go Dry If Water Levels Drop 7% Further – Lake Mead Hits Record Lows

Six weeks ago we highlighted how “screwed” Las Vegas is as the ongoing 14-year drought weighs on water levels. Today, AP reports,Lake Mead – the main source of fresh water for Las Vegas and its 40 million visitors – just hit record low levels at 1080 feet. Most concerning – at 1,000 feet, drinking water intakes will no longer function and Las Vegas will go dry. As analysts concluded previously, “unless it can find a way to get more water from somewhere, Las Vegas is out of business. Yet they’re still building, which is stupid.”

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fjord
fjord
10 years ago

This happens every time the stupid class moves into an area.

Putting a city in a desert, building houses with lawns that require water in a desert. Washing cars in a desert. Diverting water away from crops (that shouldn’t be grown in a desert to begin with) and animals that are our food supply in order to accomodate urbal dweller’s luxurious living.

Expecting nature to adapt to human’s desired outcome is a progressive, retarded idea.

This is a manufactured crisis based on hubris.