There are new federal and state restrictions for Las Vegas water, plus Lake Mead is at historically low levels! What will these new mandates mean for the Bellagio fountains and the Venetian gondolas? What will they mean for your next trip to Las Vegas? Could Lake Mead run out of water? Let’s answer these questions once and for all! Hello friends, Jay Todd out here in front of Bellagio, and what better place to talk about water conservation in southern Nevada than one of the biggest free attractions on the Strip… the Bellagio fountain pool. New federal bans on man-made…

Water levels in Lake Mead continue to plummet, soon reaching dead pool status. Could the end of Las Vegas be far behind? After all, without water there can be no city, right? Well, let’s stop right there, put the fear mongering aside, and take an actual look at what the falling waters in Lake Mead actually mean for Las Vegas. Nevada and several of the western states experience their worst drought in centuries, and climate change is turning up the heat. There is a very real possibility that the water levels in Lake Mead will fall so law that Hoover…

Lake Mead has never been this low. Not since it was filled in 1934. Now, with the American Southwest in the midst of the worst drought in 1,200 years, the lake sits only about 100 feet from becoming a “dead pool”. Soon, it may not be able to produce electricity or supply water. Las Vegas depends on the lake not so much for the electricity generated from Hoover Dam, as Nevada only gets about 20% of what’s produced. It’s the water that Sin City is counting on, getting 90% of what they use from the reservoir. The other 10% comes…