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Learn How to Conserve Water: Water Planet Challenge

Communities realize that they must improve their water conservation and sustainability...Las Vegas lies in the Mojave Desert, and it is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Every drop of water counts. While the Las Vegas Strip uses only 3 percent of all the water that the district delivers, 70 percent of the water in the region is used for residential landscape and golf course irrigation. To reduce usage, community planners now encourage people to design landscapes with native desert plants and to install artificial turf... ...
 * Liquid Assets Movie Clip (Ask Joe for DVD)**
 * Chapter 11 - Las Vegas: Sustaining Water Resources (Approx. 6 min.)**

It would be impossible to dig up everything that is already in place all at once, and it is not usually necessary to do so; therefore, communities must make long-term plans for repair, renewal, and rehabilitation. Robots can travel underground through the pipes, taking video to identify cracks and other defects, which can also be detected by remote sensors. Technicians even travel on bikes through larger pipelines to perform visual inspections. After determining needs, the community prioritizes them, chooses rehabilitation techniques, determines the best timing and pursues funding strategies.
 * Liquid Assets Movie Clip (Ask Joe for DVD)**
 * Chapter 12 - Asset Management (Approx. 3 min.)**

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