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Keeping Water Flowing in Las VegasIs a 24/7 Job

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Most people know that the vast majority of Southern Nevada’s water comes from Lake Mead. But what most don’t see is the intricate and elaborate system that brings Colorado River water from the lake to the more than 400,000 homes and businesses across the Las Vegas Valley Water District’s (LVVWD) 300-square-mile service area.

Las Vegas’s water system is made up of:

  • More than 7,000 miles of pipeline that transport the water around the valley each day.
  • 84 reservoir basins and tanks collectively store nearly a billion gallons of water and serve more than 400,000 homes and businesses.
  • 54 pumping stations that can move more than 1 million gallons of water per minute.
  • 76 production wells and 26 recharge wells capable of producing more than 200 million gallons of water per day.

The LVVWD continually invests funds received from customer water bills to maintain, upgrade and expand the community’s drinking water system. This investment in the water distribution system keeps long-term costs down and saves our community tens-of-millions of dollars, as proactive repairs and maintenance of the system are more cost efficient and less disruptive to residents and businesses than performing emergency repairs.

The Rome Reservoir and Pumping Station, which is nearing completion near Deer Springs Way and North Conquistador Street, will add 10 million gallons of storage to our water system, bolstering service reliability for residents and provide critical redundancy that reduces risk of largescale interruptions to water service.

That includes the Rome Reservoir and Pumping Station, which is nearing completion near Deer Springs Way and North Conquistador Street and will add 10 million gallons of storage to our water system. The Rome Reservoir project will bolster service reliability for residents and businesses, expand storage capacity for fire protection, and provide 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.