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November 5, 2007, 11:18 am
A ‘Hidden Oasis’ in Las Vegas’s Water Waste
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There’s a back to the land movement of sorts around Las Vegas these days, driven by the desert city’s growing realization that the only reason it can exist — the sapphire, but shrinking, expanse of Lake Mead 30 miles away — is not as durable as the Hoover Dam that created the reservoir 70 years ago.
The lake is below half its capacity after years of drought in the Colorado River basin.
So under turf removal programs initiated by the city and regional water agencies, homeowners and businesses have been paid up to $2 a square foot to roll up and cart away lawns and replace them with “xeriscapes,” desert-friendly plantings.
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A Hidden Oasis in Las Vegass Water Waste - Dot Earth - Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog
I rather like my patch of lawn. It's doing its bit for the planet surely?
Many golf courses are using underground, dam or grey water.
I noticed sprinklers on at midday at the golf course last week
I thought 'that's strange I usually water at night to conserve water'. But then I thought Golfers won't be out in the sun at mid-day and greenkeepers go to bed at night so.. .
We have had some good rains in the last week and as I went past the golf course yesterday the greenness of the fairways was so intense -searing my eyeballs with such 'greeness'-a colour you don't often see here of late.
