VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas is in Imminent Danger of Running Out of Water


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EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes young entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Fri edition. Today’s accounting entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Jan. 13, 2023. Because of its law of proximity to Lake Mead, from which it gets 90% of its water, most people…

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Lake Mead Rose in August Thanks to Las Vegas Rains, But by a Drop in the Bucket


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Monsoonal Las Vegas rains helped boost Lake Mead’s height 3 feet inward August, according to US Bureau of Reclamation data. However, after falling to a greater extent than than 27 feet since the year began, that’s just a set down in the nation’s largest bucketful of water.…

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