The Role Of Water Wash In Las Vegas Valley

Decent Essays
[Transition] Whether you’re an expert or not anyone can take home something new that they have learned from the Nature Center. Now we move onto one of the main sources of water that Las Vegas has to offer.
III. The Las Vegas Wash that is located in the Wetlands. The actual environment of the wetlands naturally filters out all harmful residues that can be found in the water that goes through the wash.
A. The Wash is the natural drainage channel for the Las Vegas Valley. Storm water, runoff water, and ground water all flow though the drainage to Lake Mead.
1. [CITATION #3] In an article published by the Las Vegas Water District called “The Vegas Wash” it states that less than 2 percent of Lake Meads water is from the Wash, but it plays a unique

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Introduction The Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Columbus Ohio, along with the Southerly Plant are responsible for treating a combined average of 208 million gallons of water per day [1]. Founded in 1937, the Jackson Pike Plant first treated approximately 50 million gallons of water per day. To keep up with a growing Columbus population, the wastewater plant has been upgraded to treat 150 million gallons per day. On September 7th, 2017 Carnell Felton, the plant’s assistant plant manager took myself and the OSU CBE 5761 class on a tour around the plant to demonstrate the water treatment process. Felton walked through the process how waste water from Columbus and 22 suburban comminutes is treated.…

    • 994 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    1. Introduction The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. It was engineered and constructed in several years, from 1956 to 1964. The main purpose of the dam is to generate electricity for communities and to provide water storage for the Upper Colorado River Basin, which ensures that sufficient water can be released to the Lower Basin [1] [2].…

    • 1401 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It is common knowledge that as the population increases at such an astronomical, record breaking speed, more resources are impacted. One of these resources is water, the basic building block of life. Water is essential for agriculture, drinking water, and wildlife. And due to the recent droughts California has faced, a debate has arisen over the question that baffles many; Whose water is it? The article published in The Fresno Bee (Fresno’s Mainstream Media), addresses this issue with a pun filled, persuasive article titled, “River Plan Too Fishy For My Taste Buds”.…

    • 1184 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Essay On Superfund Site

    • 951 Words
    • 4 Pages

    A Superfund site is defined as any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified these sites as candidates for cleanup because they poses a risk to human health or the environment. Once a site is selected as a candidate, they are placed on a list called the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is used to prioritize the release or threatened releases of hazardous wastes in the United States. The EPA uses the NPL to help determine if investigations are needed for certain sites depending on their status.…

    • 951 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Describe in details how irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona. Irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona in both a positive and negative way. A positive way that irrigation help was by the dam blocks being built and the water level down preventing safe travel down river and travel upriver. A negative way that irrigation did not help was by impacting steamer business which brought down the economy in Yuma and Southernern Arizona. With the economy passing of a hard time there was a time where it boosted the economy up by how the framers were getting water and they could make their crops.…

    • 477 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    a. What is your evaluation of Freeport’s Indonesia environmental management? The company has several environmental issues, the most important ones are: Mount Jaya glaciers: There is evidence that proves that the firm’s activities do not affect glaciers, the company did well in not applying any particular measure. Overburden storage: The firm made a good decision by developing short, medium and long-term plans and by designing a stable stockpile to prevent problems that its activities may cause. Tailings deposition: The company shows its concern about the adverse effects on flora and fauna by adding solvents to the unavoidable tailings and by creating a long-term program that monitors Freeport’s effects on water.…

    • 727 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The essay that you will be reading will be about the yuma project it's good times and bad times. You will also be reading about how irrigation changed yuma in plenty ways what was the efficiency and what were the downfalls and what they did to accomplish and progress from the downfalls. You are also going to read about how much water they were losing and what they did too not lose so much water. There is also going to be somethings that i didn't know that i know how you're going to read how yuma use to be just a little place peer sand and no street. Yuma was filled with water because it flooded.…

    • 457 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Monkey Wrench Gang

    • 281 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Four decades ago, Edward Abbey's iconic novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang" served as a wake-up call to environmental activists. In it, self-appointed guardians of the Colorado River become so incensed by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam that they conspire to detonate the massive 710- foot concrete structure. Although the dam remains intact, the sentiment behind removing the dam has since resurfaced. Both Lake Powell, the reservoir formed by the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead, located 300 miles downstream, has been full since 1999.…

    • 281 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    A Town Plagued By Water

    • 333 Words
    • 2 Pages

    On the other hand, Alexander Nazaryan's article "A Town Plagued by Water" is an example of why research and fact-checking is essential to investigative reporting. His piece summarizes the research of Dan Fagin's book, aside from his point of view and a research from Jonathan Harr, "A Civil Action." As can be seen, without Fagin's research and fact checking, Nazaryan would not have used Fagin's book as a source for this article. Also, Narzaryan knew Fagin's work was valid and detailed. Additionally, he thought it proved what he wanted to express, which is how a town plagued by water affected a whole community.…

    • 333 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Los Angeles River Essay

    • 1404 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Aside from its negative effects upon Southern California’s water supply, the channelization of the river has also made it impossible for numerous species that once thrived in the river to survive at all today. Additionally the water that flows in the river today is mostly from artificial sources as 80% of the flow now comes from a wastewater treatment plant in the San Fernando Valley. (Rosner, 2014) Lastly it has become a center for pollution as trash and debris are commonly found discarded in its waters. This not only decreases the degree to which the river is able to support wildlife, but the degree to which it is able to serve the purposes that people need it for as…

    • 1404 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Death Valley is located in the Mojave Desert in California. It functions as a national park and is part of the National Park System. Despite being the hottest and driest place in North America with temperatures reaching up to 134 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, there is a good amount of vegetation. The vegetation in Death valley includes mostly succulents and drought resistant plants. Basically, plants that have adapted to desert conditions thrive in Death Valley.…

    • 1291 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    According to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation “polluted runoff is a major source of pollution in Howard County. About one-quarter of the nitrogen pollution in county rivers comes from polluted runoff, and much of its sediment pollution” (14). Pollution runoff can be anything from hazardous chemicals to trash or dog waste. When a storm flood occurs, water runs through watersheds and picks up any types of pollution and contaminants. This is why “Storm-water runoff is one of the most significant threats to ecosystems”(14).…

    • 944 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Water pollution in California is a major issue that has been one of the main causes for them to ban plastic bags. The ocean water has raised a big health concern in California because people are swimming in water that has trash floating around them. Banning plastic bags is one of the most important things that have happened to the California environment because it will reduce the amount of plastic that is going into the Pacific Ocean. The water in California has a very big impact in what has caused the great pacific garbage patch. This has a major impact on California because people now have to worry about what is around them while being in the water.…

    • 1266 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1. Hi my name is Taylor and I chose to study the serve water crisis happening in California. This water crisis has a start date of 2012 but in reality has been going on for much longer than that.…

    • 1382 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Water is constantly changing. According to Charles Fishman, the author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, he states, “Water is unpredictable. Water is fickle. But that is water’s nature. The fickleness, the variability, is itself predictable” (319).…

    • 1658 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays