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Lawmakers are considering allowing the water agency that manages the Colorado River supply for Las Vegas to limit single-family residential use in the desert city and surrounding county.
It's another potential step in a decades-long effort to ensure one of the driest metropolitan areas in the U.S. has enough water.
In Las Vegas ornamental lawns are banned, new swimming pools have a size limit and the water used inside homes is recycled.
As populations grow and climate change leaves future supplies uncertain, policymakers are paying close attention to all available options.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, uses a tiered cost structure where rates rise sharply when residents reach 10,000 gallons during the summer months.
Water agencies aren't currently discussing capping residential use in metro Phoenix.
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