The pipeline that supplied Lake Las Vegas with water from Lake Mead went above the waterline in 2022.
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Sources indicate that the Lake Las Vegas intake pipe from Lake Mead was left unable to draw water in 2022 as the lake fell to about 1,041 feet, below the pipe's 1,050-foot intake, so it effectively went above the waterline that year.
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… In case you're wondering, that's enough drinking water for the entire population of the Las Vegas Valley for two and a half years. For nearly 30 years. Lake Las Vegas got its water from a pipe that designed to support war efforts in World War II. But the problem is that pipe actually went above the waterline in 2022 and could no longer deliver water. The city's own spokesperson called it force majeure, an act of God. And it would be outrageous enough to know that we're taking a billion gallons of treated drinking water and putting it into a fake lake. But it gets worse. …
What we found
Supports. Casino.org (July 2022) reports that Lake Mead fell to 1,041 feet, that the Lake Las Vegas intake pipe sits at 1,050 feet, and that the pipe 'can no longer draw water.'[2]
Supports. Wikipedia's Lake Las Vegas entry states that the raw Lake Mead water inflow was lost after 2022 due to the shutdown of the BMI pipeline, with treated SNWA water supplied afterward.[3]
Supports. 8newsnow reports that when water dropped below 1,050 feet, intake pipes that had worked for years could no longer pull water from Saddle Island, and that the Basic Water Company declared bankruptcy when the pipeline went dry.[4]
Context. The USGS EROS page confirms Lake Mead fell to 1,041 feet in July 2022, the level that left the Lake Las Vegas intake exposed.[1]
Sources
4 sources: 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Lake Mead | EROSeros.usgs.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Lake Las Vegas, Home to Hilton and Westin Resort & Spas, Loses Water Supply - Casino.orgcasino.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Lake Las Vegasen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Lake Mead's rise levels off after 5-month climb -- 34% full as an incredible water year nears its end8newsnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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