The Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) is a not-for-profit water supply agency that has been providing water to the Las Vegas Valley since 1954. The Las Vegas metropolitan area includes the Las Vegas Valley a 600-square-mile (1600 km² basin and surrounding areas that is part of Clark County in southern The district helped build the area's water delivery system and now provides water to more than one million people in Southern Nevada.
Today the District provides water to the City of Las Vegas, the unincorporated areas of Clark County including Paradise and Winchester, where the major Las Vegas Strip casinos are located, Kyle Canyon, Blue Diamond, Searchlight, and Jean. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Clark County is a County located in the US state of Nevada. The county had a population of 1375765 at the 2000 census, and a 2006 estimated Paradise is a Census-designated place (CDP in Clark County, Nevada, United States and a major suburb of Las Vegas. Winchester is a Census-designated place (CDP in Clark County, Nevada, United States that contains part of the Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6 A casino is in the modern sense of the word a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of Gambling activities Blue Diamond is a Census-designated place (CDP in Clark County, Nevada, United States. Searchlight is a Census-designated place (CDP in Clark County, Nevada, United States. Jean is a small community in Clark County Nevada, located approximately 12 miles north of the Nevada - California state line along Interstate 15
The Clark County Commissioners serve as the Water District's board of directors. The board appoints the general manager, who carries out day-to-day activities.
District water rates are regulated by law and can cover only the costs of water delivery and the maintenance and building of facilities. Rates also are structured to encourage conservation with rates increasing with usage.
The Water District is a member agency of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, (SNWA), a regional organization that works to secure water resources for the valley. The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA was formed in 1991 to manage Southern Nevada's water needs on a regional basis SNWA also provides conservation programs for customers of member agencies.
The district also is steward to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, the historical home of Las Vegas' founding springs. Las Vegas Springs Preserve consists of dedicated to nature walks and displays and is owned by the Las Vegas Valley Water District and operated by the Las Vegas Springs The district is a partner in developing the preserve into a cultural resource center, featuring exhibits, trails, gardens and more. [1]
History
In the early 1900s, Las Vegas was a hub for the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City Railroad, which later became part of the Union Pacific Railroad. The company formed the Las Vegas Land and Water Company (LVL&W) in 1905 to sell land and provide water to Las Vegas' growing population. At that time, water came solely from wells and the Las Vegas Springs.
The Colorado River Compact in 1922 allotted a small amount of Colorado River water to Southern Nevada. The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 agreement among seven US The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately That supply went largely unused until 1942, when Basic Management Inc. (BMI) in Henderson began importing water from Lake Mead for industrial purposes. Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States adjacent to the Las Vegas metropolitan area; it is located mainly to the southeast Lake Mead is the largest man-made Lake and Reservoir in the United States. The rest of the valley continued to rely on groundwater supplies.
By the mid-1940s, the small city of Las Vegas was facing a major water crisis. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be As population and water demand grew, city officials became more concerned about a dwindling groundwater supply.
Hoping to curb groundwater usage, the Nevada Legislature created the Las Vegas Valley Water District in 1947 to begin using the state's Colorado River allocation. The Nevada Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Nevada. The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately The Union Pacific Railroad agreed to sell LVL&W in 1952 and the Water District began operations on July 1, 1954. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)
The district's first major undertaking is one of the most important achievements in Southern Nevada's history: the district created facilities to bring water from Lake Mead to the valley. This relieved an ongoing water shortage for the city, but also helped create one of the world's most popular resort destinations and America's youngest major metropolitan area. [2]
Over the years, the district has built more that 3,000 miles of pipeline, created a reservoir system capable of storing 700 million gallons of water and implemented a sophisticated water-quality monitoring program. [3]
References
External links
- Las Vegas Valley Water District Homepage
- Southern Nevada Water Project History, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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