lake las vegas 1834a

Lake Las Vegas is about 15 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and overlooks Lake Mead (part of the Colorado river). It is a private development, with some gated communities, gorgeous landscaping, and absolutely the worst example of water-citizenship that I have seen. Again, as at the Bellagio, there is a claim that the water used for landscaping and the lake is recycled or non-potable water, which is good. But…. this is the desert.

Do people understand that they’re living in the desert and learn that they must conserve water when they see vast areas of lush green grass and large lakes? No. We’ve basically sucked the Colorado dry before it hits Mexico, why not let the non-potable water run through to Mexico for crop irrigation and flushing the outlet of the Colorado into the Gulf of California? Because we don’t care about the consequences beyond our immediate "needs," and we definitely don’t care very much for our Southern neighbors.

All the green area in this picture is unnatural. The color of the mountains in the background is the natural color of the area, the green is from irrigation.

Posted by DB’s travels on 2009-02-22 10:11:53

Tagged: , Lake Las Vegas , environment , Nevada