WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) passed her bill to allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to construct a new water pipeline to provide water delivery redundancy for over one million Nevadans. The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Water Pipeline Act (https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cortez-masto-reintroduces-legislation-to-protect-water-supply-for-more-than-one-million-nevadans/) would dramatically improve the reliability of Las Vegas's water system and protect residents from outages, while safeguarding ecosystems in Sloan Canyon. The bill also expands the Sloan Canyon National Conservation (NCA) area by nearl...