Top of Las Vegas Water Users List Feature Familiar Gambling Establishments
One commonplace residents of Las Vegas wish to avoid is the list of the Top 100 Residential Water Users. Released annually by the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD), this list shames the heaviest water consumers to conserve more.
publish during the same time that Nevada, California, and Arizona painstakingly negotiated to save the Colorado River by reducing their water usage by 3 million acre feet until 2026. It appears that the owners of the properties listed by the LVVWD didn't pay much attention to this water scarcity issue. Some of these individuals are also known for owning casinos.
Almost all the indoor water used in Las Vegas is recycled, treated, and then returned to Lake Mead, making it part of the world's most efficient water conservation systems. However, a significant portion of water used by the properties listed by the LVVWD was not recycled as it was used for lawns.
Water Hogs
This year, the second-most thirsty Las Vegas residence, for the second consecutive time, belongs to Miriam Adelson. The widow of the late CEO and chair of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sheldon Adelson, whose family operates more than half of the gambling empire with casinos in Macau and Singapore, stays in a golf course-adjacent Las Vegas home that consumed 10 million gallons of water last year.
A significant amount of this water was used to grow grass not only around the 44,000 square-foot mansion, but also on its roof.
In the same Tournament Players Club community, Lorenzo J. Fertitta, the multibillionaire director of Red Rock Resorts and former CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), owns a 19,000 square-foot home that used 8 million gallons last year, making it the third-most drought offender.
Additionally, a trust owned by the Fertitta family that owns Station Casinos has a second Las Vegas home whose 5 million-gallon water bill placed it at No. 9 on the list (up from 32 last year). Victoria Fertitta, the daughter of Station Casinos CEO Frank Fertitta, managed to use 2 million gallons and landed at No. 57 on the list.
Phil Ruffin, the owner of Treasure Island and Circus Circus, lives in a 73,000 square-foot mansion on the east side of town on 11 parched acres, consuming 2 million gallons of water and landing at No. 59.
Other Prominent Offenders
Other notable names on the list include the current CEO of UFC, Dana White, whose multi-home compound used 6 million gallons last year, placing it at No. 6.
Magician David Copperfield's Summerlin home used almost 3 million gallons, ranking it No. 16. And boxing legend Floyd Mayweather's Summerlin home used 2 million gallons annually, moving up to No. 37 from No. 84 in 2020.
The former 110,000 square-foot palace of the Prince of Brunei in Spanish Trail top the list, as it has for many years. This largest single-family house ever built in Las Vegas, built on 16 grassy acres and once occupied by Michael Jackson, was recently listed for $25 million.
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