Should cities in desert environments, such as Las Vegas, be required to conserve water...?

Question

by restricting usage?

Answer 1

They should conserve water, but so should all of us.  We all ought ot know enough to turn off the water when we're brushing our teeth.  I mean come on, you wet your brush then let the water run for the next 4 minutes??

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Answer 2

Some desert enviroments have little water or pond, paradsie. That where animal lived in desert and must drink waters. if few people lived in las vegas, chiago,etc cities, must have conserve water. Tough surivals can do it.

Answer 3

their is the same amount of water on earth now as their was 100000000000 years ago

Answer 4

Having grown up in the Desert Southwest I can personally tell you there should be some type of water conservation.  The way I'd prefer to see the issue approached is to limit the population in this area by restricting the number if building permits.  To my way of thinking having grown up in a farming

community, farmers should have the highest priority for water usage. I see way to much water being wasted in big cities such as San Diego, LA, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tuson etc...

for the irrigation of lawns etc.....

The fact of the matter is there is a limited ammount of potable water available for this entire region and far to many people are moving here and by doing so putting an unwanted strain on our water supply.

Answer 5

"Forcing" water conservation can be a difficult thing- who is going to impose the conservation?  The City of Las Vegas?  Not when their economy depends on using water.

The best way to ensure that water is conserved where it needs to be conserved is to remove most of the federal subsidies for it- Legas Gets its water as a result of projects funded by massive federal spending.  If consumers (hotels, businesses, homeowners) have to pay the full price of their water, including the collection and  transportation costs, they will, by simple market pressure, have to conserve it and use less.  When you pay full price, you're more conscious of what you're using.

Then of course you must address whether subsidizing Las Vegas's water, and the attendant economic growth that entails, has benefits that outweigh the costs (environmental, whatever) of using all that water, but that's another question...

Answer 6

All cities should have a good water conservation program.  I don't know about forcefully restricting usage, but I would support voluntary programs to conserve water in all cities.

Answer 7

Only in a fascist form of government. Here in the US if you can afford it you can get it.

Answer 8

They are required to conserve water because they don't have enough to waste. So they DO conserve water by physical necessity and not by law. A dry reservoir is a better inducement than any law.

I grew up in Los Angeles, which has very little local water. I was on vacation in northern California once and a toilet in a restroom was stuck constantly flushing. I reported the problem and they wanted to know what the fuss was about. They asked if it was flooding the floor of the restroom. I said no, it was just a waste of water. They acted like I was from Mars. Who would care about a constantly flushing toilet just because it might waste water? Someone from an arid region, that's who!