The Clark County Water Reclamation District (District) is a government wastewater treatment agency in Clark County,

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. As a member of the

Southern Nevada Water Authority The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is a government agency that was founded in 1991 to manage Southern Nevada's water needs on a regional basis in Clark County. SNWA provides wholesale water treatment and delivery for the greater Las Vegas ...

, its mission is to treat millions of gallons of

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that is produced every day. The District is the largest water treatment agency in Southern Nevada and is responsible for treating wastewater from unincorporated parts of Clark County within the Las Vegas Valley, including most of the

Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip, as it is known, is about long, and is immediately south of the Las Vegas cit ...

, and the communities of Blue Diamond,

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, Indian Springs, Laughlin, and

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. The district was created by judicial decree in August 1954. Prior to that time, the treatment of sewage in unincorporated Clark County was by means of

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s, and several small treatment plants operated by the hotels along the Las Vegas Strip. The continuing growth of both the tourist and residential portions of the community pointed out the need for more sanitary and efficient means of treating the wastewater. The District collects and reclaims an average of per day of wastewater. Current plans call for expansion of the district's facility to allow for up to per day of wastewater to be treated, which will be needed as the Las Vegas Valley continues to grow. Other wastewater in the Las Vegas Valley is treated by individual cities that operate their own treatment facilities.

External links

Clark County Water Reclamation District website
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