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Accelerated Population and Industrial Growth Spurs Completion of Water Project

by Merja Lehtinen, Production Ed.; Civil Engineering Magazine, New York, N.Y.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1982, Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pg. 65-66


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

The total federal government investment for the Southern Nevada Water Project is $171,332,000. The project is one of the largest water resources solutions applied in the U.S. today and serves a population of over 400,000 in an arid region stricken by water depletion. Continued growth over the last few decades spurred investment and development of technical solutions to the water shortage.

Subject Headings: Water shortage | Water resources | Project management | Population projection | Investments | Federal government | Light rail transit

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