Las Vegas Accused of Engineering Massive Water Grab: Is This the Future of the West?

[Jim Lane]

4. The linked article DOES go beyond the Strip

She's certainly not drawing conclusions about the city based only on the Strip. She writes:

And despite what passes for water profligacy on the Strip, the biggest water guzzlers are property owners with lawns. “Although the fountains are nice targets, it’s people living in the Mojave Desert as if they’ve lived in New England who are the biggest water wasters,” Fulkerson says. Resorts on the Strip use just 3 percent of the water – the biggest use for them is the air-conditioning cooling towers.