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Laura McSwain

Sep 14, 2026

15:59
It's happening everywhere.
16:01
Yes, and water is quasi-connected to all of it, but the Clark County Commission also happens to be the board of directors for the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
16:09
The Las Vegas Valley Water District executive team is the exact same executive team that runs the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
16:17
So it's a consolidation of power that is unreasonable and All that's happened, like arguably both of these laws were not as well written as they could have been in terms of protecting residents.
16:36
All we're learning through all of this is how badly written they were because they're now being exploited.
16:43
And to have all of this consolidated power, I mean, bear in mind, when the Las Vegas Valley Water District Act came into being, that was the first time, that was when the Las Vegas Valley was growing, and they knew that they couldn't do it, any more growth with our aquifer.
17:01
So they knew that they had these acre feet of water on the Colorado River Compact available, so they built a pipeline.

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