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BAGIANT
BAGIANT
Jul 11, 2014
3:09am
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The water levels will rise substantially with the El Nino that is going to hit this winter. I've never seen the water temperatures this high in Calif. since the last El Nino.
Roulette Man
Roulette Man
Jul 11, 2014
4:09am
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Originally posted by: CowboyKell
OK. Really now. I have, for a long time now, wondered why the casinos in Las Vegas do not replace all their urinals with the waterless kind you see in some places.
You might think this a joke but I'm serious! If all the urinals, which use .6 gallons a flush (and you cannot elect to NOT flush since they are automatic), in Vegas were replaced with waterless urinals the overall water savings would be HUGE.

When I buy and remake the Plaza it will have all waterless urinals.


Would they have to outlaw restaurants serving aspargus if they mandate waterless urinals?
forkushV
forkushV
Jul 11, 2014
4:10am
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Originally posted by: CowboyKell
OK. Really now. I have, for a long time now, wondered why the casinos in Las Vegas do not replace all their urinals with the waterless kind you see in some places.
You might think this a joke but I'm serious! If all the urinals, which use .6 gallons a flush (and you cannot elect to NOT flush since they are automatic), in Vegas were replaced with waterless urinals the overall water savings would be HUGE...
Probably true, but in general the hotel-casinos a pretty good corporate citizens when it comes both water and energy use, and the newest ones are exceptional.

The problem in Vegas is all of the ridiculous lawns. Every square foot devours 73 gallons of water a year. A hundred years from now, people will be looking at old pictures and wonder how stupid and self-centered you have to be to live in a desert, but then waste all that water pretending you don't.
12251n
12251n
Jul 11, 2014
6:26am
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I always thought Vegas got their water from the huge aquifer under the valley and people were worried about depleting that.

Boilerman
Boilerman
Jul 11, 2014
6:40am
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I believe that DonDiego is mistaken. There is no dam snow in this dam area, but instead only damned mountain snow.



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Originally posted by: DonDiego
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Originally posted by: snidely333
What could cause such a dramatic decline in the water level.
Umm, . . . the dam water in the dam lake is being removed by the dam city-dwellers and the dam farmers faster than the dam water in the dam lake is being replaced by the dam rain and the dam snow.


chefantwon
chefantwon
Jul 11, 2014
9:07am
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Originally posted by: forkushV
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Originally posted by: CowboyKell
OK. Really now. I have, for a long time now, wondered why the casinos in Las Vegas do not replace all their urinals with the waterless kind you see in some places.
You might think this a joke but I'm serious! If all the urinals, which use .6 gallons a flush (and you cannot elect to NOT flush since they are automatic), in Vegas were replaced with waterless urinals the overall water savings would be HUGE...
Probably true, but in general the hotel-casinos a pretty good corporate citizens when it comes both water and energy use, and the newest ones are exceptional.

The problem in Vegas is all of the ridiculous lawns. Every square foot devours 73 gallons of water a year. A hundred years from now, people will be looking at old pictures and wonder how stupid and self-centered you have to be to live in a desert, but then waste all that water pretending you don't.


I thought it came from building a vast city in a desert....and from farmers in Arizona and California taking most of the water.
forkushV
forkushV
Jul 11, 2014
10:27am
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Originally posted by: 12251n
I always thought Vegas got their water from the huge aquifer under the valley and people were worried about depleting that.
That ran out about 60 or 70 years ago I think. It was right where Springs Preserve is right now, and you can see the remnants there. The springs produced the meadows that gave Las Vegas ("The Meadows") its name, and was the main reason the city was founded in the first place; as a station for the trains to take on water.
Don
Don
Jul 11, 2014
11:40am
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
I believe that DonDiego is mistaken. There is no dam snow in this dam area, but instead only damned mountain snow.
DonDiego is often mistaken, . . . but in this case he is accurate.



Although there is not significant snow near the Hoover Dam, a significant portion of the Upper Colorado River Basin water comes from the snowpacks of Utah and Colorado and Wyoming. This is the snow to which DonDiego was referring.
Boilerman
Boilerman
Jul 11, 2014
11:52am
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I have skied in Utah many times in my youth and understand that the snowpack from Little Cottonwood Canyon eventually melts and flows downhill. I must apologize, however, for my previous poor attempt at humor.

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Originally posted by: DonDiego
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
I believe that DonDiego is mistaken. There is no dam snow in this dam area, but instead only damned mountain snow.
DonDiego is often mistaken, . . . but in this case he is accurate.



Although there is not significant snow near the Hoover Dam, a significant portion of the Upper Colorado River Basin water comes from the snowpacks of Utah and Colorado and Wyoming. This is the snow to which DonDiego was referring.


CowboyKell
CowboyKell
Jul 11, 2014
12:29pm
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Originally posted by: forkushV
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Originally posted by: CowboyKell
OK. Really now. I have, for a long time now, wondered why the casinos in Las Vegas do not replace all their urinals with the waterless kind you see in some places.
You might think this a joke but I'm serious! If all the urinals, which use .6 gallons a flush (and you cannot elect to NOT flush since they are automatic), in Vegas were replaced with waterless urinals the overall water savings would be HUGE...
Probably true, but in general the hotel-casinos a pretty good corporate citizens when it comes both water and energy use, and the newest ones are exceptional.

The problem in Vegas is all of the ridiculous lawns. Every square foot devours 73 gallons of water a year. A hundred years from now, people will be looking at old pictures and wonder how stupid and self-centered you have to be to live in a desert, but then waste all that water pretending you don't.


Is 73 gallons a year a typo? It seems low for a years worth of lawn irrigation. I am almost sure that I use much more than that and we don't have that large of a lawn footprint. Of course we are also required to keep the steep cliff/hill down to the water properly vegetated and irrigated to prevent erosion. We also have a pool and spa which use quite a bit due to evaporation. Even more so this past month with no 'June gloom' this year.

All this considered I would imagine that one large resort casino uses more water for urinals in one week than all the lawns combined for a year.
One step at a time. I will do my part by recommending no flush urinals!
(Sorry, not getting rid of my lawn or pool.)
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