Opinion: EPA cuts would put Nev. water quality at risk
By Chris Giunchigliani, Las Vegas Sun
We turn our lawns into xeriscapes, and our famed fountains on the Strip spout reclaimed and recycled water. We worry about the level of Lake Tahoe, and we build bigger water supply pipelines deep below the shrinking surface of Lake Mead.
In a state where less than 1 percent of the surface area is covered by water, water is precious — like silver and gold.
Yet even as Nevadans focus on the quantity of water in our state, the quality of our water is threatened. We need all the clean water we can get for drinking, fishing, farming and ranching, even swimming and diving.