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Minor Basin: Lake Mead

  • Water Efficiency in Landscapes and Technologies (WELT)

    The City of Henderson, in partnership with the Southern Nevada Water District, created a fund that provides rebates to landowners who convert turf to water saving landscapes. The Water Efficiency in Landscape Technology (WELT) rebate incentivizes single family residents, golf courses, homeowner associations, and businesses to convert their turf to water smart and water efficient landscape. Funding from BEF will support the the City of Henderson with this supplemental rebate fund.

  • Innovative Cooling in Community Spaces

    In partnership with Waterstart, this project funds a pilot program to deploy an evaporative cooling technology in public use facilities, starting with the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Nevada. This the first project to qualify for the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s wet-to-dry cooling incentive. If proven effective, there is potential to roll out this technology to other community facilities. It will also demonstrate the tangible benefits of innovative water conservation technologies and highlight the power of community partnerships in achieving conservation goals.

  • Dula Community Center Las Vegas Xeriscapes Conversion

    The City of Las Vegas Parks & Leisure operates the Dula Community Center downtown, with property frontage facing Las Vegas Boulevard with predominantly traditional turfgrass landscaping. The turfgrass landscaping does not serve any sporting or recreational function at the Community Center. The objective of this project is to convert the turf to xeriscape landscaping, which will reduce consumptive water use and create a high-profile demonstration project.

  • Aquisense UV-LED Reactors

    By working alongside Waterstart and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), this project funds a pilot program that makes drinking water from Las Vegas wells safer. The program leverages LED UV technology from the U.K. based company Aquisense that kills microbes at the wellhead, providing an additional treatment to protect the quality of groundwater, an issue for SNWA wells. Our hope is that this technology will be implemented in the future at state- and nationwide levels, providing additional storage and security in water-scarce regions.