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Filling a glass of water is as simple as turning the handle on your faucet. But how that water gets to your tap is anything but simple.
More than 7,000 miles of pipeline transport water around the valley each day, while 84 reservoir basins and tanks collectively store nearly a billion gallons of water, which is pumped to more than 400,000 homes and businesses thanks to 54 pumping stations that can move more than 1 million gallons of water per minute.
The Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) invests millions to maintain, upgrade, and expand the community’s drinking water system. This investment in the water distribution system keeps long-term costs down. It saves our community many millions of dollars, as proactively taking action to repair and maintain the system is cheaper and less disruptive to residents and businesses than fixing water system failures.
Some of the major LVVWD reliability projects currently underway include:
- Rome Reservoir and Pumping Station, near Deer Springs Way and North Conquistador: 10 million gallons of storage
- Cougar Reservoir, near Blue Diamond Road and Hualapai Way: 10 million gallons of storage
- Centennial Reservoir, near Centennial Parkway and Fort Apache Road: 5 million gallons of storage
These and other capital projects bolster service reliability for residents and businesses, providing critical redundancy that reduces the risk of large-scale interruptions in water service.
The LVVWD supplies water to more than 1.7 million Southern Nevadans each day, and the district works to protect your water investment 24/7. These projects and other capital improvements currently underway across Southern Nevada help ensure that safe and dependable drinking water is always flowing whenever you turn the tap.
To find out more about how your water system works for you, visit lvvwd.com.
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