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Watering Holes

机译:水坑

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The debate over a plan to pump water out of the Nevada desert could be the next battle in the war over the West's most vital natural resource. Two simple facts about Las Vegas: Its population has doubled since 1990, to 570,000; and 90 percent of its water comes from the Colorado River, which is in the throes of the worst drought in recorded history. To meet the looming water crunch, the city, along with the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), proposes to build a 285-mile pipeline to haul groundwater from six valleys in eastern Nevada. The USD2 billion project would mean sinking up to 195 production wells as deep as 1700 ft. below the surface to bring more than 50 billion gal. of water per year to the parched desert metropolis.
机译:关于向内华达州沙漠抽水的计划的辩论可能是西方最重要的自然资源之战中的下一场战斗。关于拉斯维加斯的两个简单事实:自1990年以来,其人口翻了一番,达到570,000;而且其中90%的水来自科罗拉多河,而科罗拉多河正处于有史以来最严重的干旱之中。为了应对迫在眉睫的水危机,该市与内华达州南部水务局(SNWA)计划建立一条285英里的管道,以从内华达州东部的六个山谷中抽取地下水。这项耗资20亿美元的项目将意味着在地表以下1700英尺深处下沉多达195口生产井,从而带来500亿加仑以上的采油量。每年向干desert的沙漠都市供水。

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