Sunday, April 30, 2006 | 7:19 a.m.
Every time I read about or hear admonitions about the water shortage in Clark County I chuckle at the absurdity of it all.
The recent opening of the Red Rock Resort is a perfect example. With all of the announcements about scarcity of local water, this hotel, like Strip establishments, opened for business with massive swimming pools, lagoons and a waterfall.
I am positive that the evaporation of water from any one of the megaresorts or luxurious golf courses for a single day far exceeds the total water I use in any month.
I am continually warned that watering my small lawn on other than designated dates and times will result in a citation by water police. I am told to save water, but I ask for whom am I saving it? It doesn't seem to be for my future use because the more I save, the less I will have available; this plan exists to accommodate the uncontrolled influx of thousands of new residents and businesses each month.
I predict that in the not-too-distant future, locals will again be required to make additional major reductions in our water use. Perhaps restrictions will be on the number of toilet flushes that can be made per household per day.
Of course, there will likely be privileged exemptions for the resorts and businesses.
Virgil A. Sestini, Las Vegas
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