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Utilities
DIVISION: ENGINEERING
TOPIC: WELLS
The City of North Las Vegas owns and operates both production wells and
recharge wells.
The City currently has six production wells, which are used primarily
during the summer months to help meet peak demands. The City has an annual
production (pumping) right of 5,711 acre-feet.
The City established an "artificial recharge" program in 1990.
Four recharge wells are used to inject treated Colorado River water into
the ground during off-peak winter months. This water is banked in the
Valley’s groundwater system, and helps ease the long-term decline in groundwater
levels, as well as augment groundwater resources to help meet future needs.
As of January 1, 2000, the City has injected 11,505 acre-feet of
water.
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