- Source: Southern Nevada Water Authority
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is a government agency that was founded in 1991 to manage Southern Nevada's water needs on a regional basis in Clark County.
SNWA provides wholesale water treatment and delivery for the greater Las Vegas Valley and is responsible for acquiring and managing long-term water resources for Southern Nevada.
From its inception, the SNWA has worked to acquire additional water resources, manage existing and future water resources, construct and operate regional water facilities and promote water conservation.
The SNWA is governed by a seven-member board of directors, which comprises one elected official from each governing board of the SNWA's seven member agencies. While the Board of Directors sets policy direction for the SNWA, the Las Vegas Valley Water District is responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization through an agreement between the SNWA member agencies.
Member agencies
Big Bend Water District (Laughlin): Steve Sisolak (Democratic)
Boulder City: Peggy Leavitt (Republican)
Clark County Water Reclamation District: James B. Gibson (Democratic)
Henderson: John Marz (Republican)
Las Vegas: Bob Coffin (Democratic)
Las Vegas Valley Water District: Marilyn Kirkpatrick (Democratic)
North Las Vegas: John Jay Lee (Democratic)
Water supply and distribution
Southern Nevada gets nearly 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River. The other 10 percent of the water comes from groundwater that is pumped out through existing wells within Clark County. Perchlorates in ground water in Henderson and associated runoff into the Las Vegas Wash has been a concern since 1997.
= Treatment facilities
=Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility
River Mountains Water Treatment Facility
These facilities first treat the water with ozone to kill any potentially harmful microscopic organisms. As the water leaves the water treatment facilities, chlorine is added to protect it on the way to customers' taps. Since 2000, SNWA has also added fluoride to the municipal water supply.
= Major distribution systems
=East Valley Lateral
North Valley Lateral
South Valley Lateral
West Valley Lateral
= Reservoirs
=Brock Reservoir which is partly funded by SNWA - 8,000 acre⋅ft (2,600×10^6 US gal; 9,900,000 m3)
Burkholder Reservoir - 50 million US gallons (190,000 m3)
Decatur Reservoir - 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3)
Grand Teton Reservoir - 10 million US gallons (38,000 m3)
Horizon Ridge Reservoir - 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3)
= Major pumping stations
=Decatur Pumping Station (81 million US gallons per day (310,000 m3/d) capacity)
Foothills Pumping Station (140 million US gallons per day (530,000 m3/d) capacity
Gowan Pumping Station (24 million US gallons per day (91,000 m3/d) capacity)
Lamb Pumping Station (111 million US gallons per day (420,000 m3/d) capacity)
River Mountains Pumping Station (315 million US gallons per day (1,190,000 m3/d) capacity)
Simmons Pumping Station (71 million US gallons per day (270,000 m3/d) capacity)
Sloan Pumping Station (111 million US gallons per day (420,000 m3/d) capacity)
See also
Clark County Commission
Water fluoridation controversy
References
External links
SNWA website
Fluoride
Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project
Yelp reviews
Abrahm Lustgarten (June 2, 2015). "The "Water Witch": Pat Mulroy preached conservation while backing growth in Las Vegas". ProPublica.
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