Project Partner: WaterStart Channels for Innovation

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.

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.