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...existing conventional units required our partners to have a rooftop with an electrical outlet,” she said. “So because the solar unit doesn’t need that, it’s much easier.” —Staff writer Betsy L. Mead can be reached at emead@fas.harvard.edu...
...population--then 25,000--would be lucky to break 100,000 by the end of the century. As it turned out, they were off by a factor of 19, and as you leave the sizzling Strip--the iconic center of this metropolis of 1.9 million people--for the Lake Mead reservoir, 65 miles to the northwest, you can see the source of all that growth. In a city that receives just 4 in. of rain a year, residents in the sprawling housing developments where much of the Las Vegas population lives use an average of 165 gal. of water...
...Through air that shimmers in the blast furnace of a July day, you can see how far Mead's water level has fallen. White bathtub rings of mineral deposits, measuring high-water marks that grow less high every year, circle the edges of the reservoir. Today Mead's water level is 1,108 ft., down from more than 1,200 ft. in 2000. (The official drought level is 1,125 ft.) If the water continues to decline, says marine geophysicist Tim Barnett of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, "buckle up." Barnett co-authored a study estimating a 50% chance that...
...Staff writer Betsy L. Mead can be reached at emead@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Betsy L. Mead can be reached at emead@fas.harvard.edu...