Lake Mead, is ebbing as though a plug had been pulled from a bathtub drain.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

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[LadyHawkAZ]

1. Gee, who could have ever foreseen that happening???

Oh yeah, just about everybody, decades ago.

[LVdem]

2. And yet they still allow lawns here...

Never understood that.

[Warpy]

4. And all those damned fountains at the hotels.

The two biggest water wasters out here in the desert are golf courses and fountains. We've managed to get rid of all but indoor fountains around here and some courses have put Astroturf on the fairways to save water.

There are a few diehard lawn people in my area, but they're far outnumbered by the rest of us who have lawns with rocks or drought tolerant desert plants.

[Ex Lurker]

3. Bundy and his ilk will be begging the feds to intervene when Vegas comes for their water

and they will do it without a trace of self-irony.

[Egnever]

5. The years of drought have not been kind to a large portion of the west

Not just vegas, water is a problem all over.

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-california-drought-rain-20140416,0,3259664.story#axzz2zaaXN58s

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/us/colorado-river-drought-forces-a-painful-reckoning-for-states.html?_r=0

[Nevernose]

6. Gosh. Maybe SoCal could go to HALF the conservation measures that So.Nev have

Gosh, Maybe Southern California could go to HALF the conservation measures that Southern Nevada has?

For actual information (other than "Vegas is Dying!!!!&quot please consult Wikipedia as to the main cause: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact .

A much bigger flaw can be found in Arizona, in which 90% of the Colorado's water goes to agriculture, of which 90% is cattle ranching...which accounts for about ten percent of Arizona's agricultural output. California isn't much better.