"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."
Posted on 02/08/2008 6:56:38 AM PST by sf4dubya
Backers and foes of a plan to pump billions of gallons of water to booming Las Vegas differed Thursday over the economic prospects of the rural Nevada valleys that would have to give up the water.
Proponents of the Southern Nevada Water Authority plan to draw more than 11.3 billion gallons of groundwater a year from Delamar, Dry Lake and Cave valleys maintained that a population boom in the isolated area is unlikely no matter what.
Foes of the proposed pumping, part of SNWA's $2 billion-plus project to pipe water across the water to Las Vegas, countered that growth has occurred before in the areas and can again - but only if there's available groundwater for development.
(Excerpt) Read more at nevadaapeal.com ...
"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."
Same has happened in AZ (Tucson) and in Califlower.
Biggest looser is the local wildlife and the hunters who like the chase of the wildlife....
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