How to report water waste in the Las Vegas valley: Hotlines and laws for cities and Clark County – KLAS – 8 News Now

Posted: May 20, 2022 at 2:25 am

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) You see it every day. Sprinklers watering streets, gutters flowing with runoff and people who just cant seem to get with the watering schedule if their life depended on it. What can you do about it?

Report it.

If the water cops dont know about waste, they wont be fighting it.

Here are the hotlines for each city:

HENDERSON: 702-267-5900 or report it onlineLAS VEGAS/CLARK COUNTY: 702-822-8571 or report it online NORTH LAS VEGAS: 702-633-1216 or report it online BOULDER CITY: Report it online

If they had a choice, each city would prefer that you submit the report online. Youll understand why if you decide to call instead the wait can be very long.

If youre interested in specifics about the water waste laws on the books around the valley, visitsnwa.comfor links to the actual regulations. Youll see that cities can make exceptions for schools and parks under some circumstances. Specifics on golf courses, car washing, fountains and hand-watering are detailed by each city.

We checked with cities in early May to see what kind of activity they are seeing in reports about water waste, and more than 50 complaints a day were coming in:

North Las Vegas:Five to 10 calls per dayHenderson:28 calls per day on averageLas Vegas:16 calls per day on average.

The video at the top of this story shows a damaged sprinkler near Desert Breeze Park on Durango Drive on May 19, 2022.

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