Check out Nevada’s 2025 accomplishments in the CRWUA 2025 Annual Report.
Here’s an excerpt:
While Nevada faces another year of Tier 1 shortage conditions, our region’s resourcefulness, including high-efficiency indoor recycling and successful conservation programming, equip our community to withstand shortages. Already a world leader in conservation programming, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) continues to advance both regulatory and incentive programs designed to realize water savings and conservation gains from every sector of our community.
In 2025, the SNWA Board of Directors increased incentives to remove decorative grass for Southern Nevada’s homeowners. With 70 percent of our residential community already embracing low-water, desert-adapted plants and trees, thanks to the legacy of the Water Smart Landscapes Rebate Program, the increased incentives are designed to maximize participation in this pivotal next year. The SNWA continues to work with businesses throughout the community to eliminate decorative grass, ahead of a state mandate prohibiting the use of Colorado River water to irrigate nonfunctional turf beginning in 2027. Since 1999, our community has replaced more than 241 million square feet of grass with water-efficient landscaping, saving more than 203 billion gallons of water.
The SNWA also partners with the business community to incorporate water-efficient technologies, such as evaporative cooling alternatives, into industries from casinos to warehouses. Evaporative cooling represents the second largest use of water in Southern Nevada. In 2023, a moratorium on evaporative cooling installation in new commercial and industrial buildings went into effect, complemented by incentive programs to replace existing systems. Major conversion projects completed over the last year are projected to save more than 116 million gallons of water.