Shoring up the Las Vegas Wash -- where imploded Las Vegas casinos live on
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Where do Las Vegas casinos go after they’re imploded? Several of them have found a second life as material for erosion-control structures that help shore up the banks of the Las Vegas Wash, a 12-mile natural channel that plays an important role in Southern Nevada’s watershed. The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) and the Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee have worked for two decades to protect the Wash, which carries treated wastewater, storm water and urban runoff to Lake Mead, from which Southern Nevada draws its drinking water. Water Smarts host Bronson Mack and…
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