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But sinking the tunnel farther also buys <br />southern Nevada time if the drought persists, <br />putting more distance between the intake and <br />a reservoir surface that has dropped nearly <br />100 feet since 1998. <br />Five years of drought have hit Las Vegas <br />harder than almost anyplace else on the <br />Colorado River. The evidence begins where <br />the water supply does, at the intake structure <br />on Saddle Island. Until about two years ago, it <br />was an actual island, linked to the shore only <br />by a pipeline. Now, the shrinking lake has <br />turned it into more of a peninsula. <br />Las Vegas water providers have imposed an <br />array of restrictions on residents, limiting <br />outdoor water use, shutting down fountains <br />and briefly banning misters. Homeowners are <br />paid $1 a square foot to remove turf from <br />yards, and home builders aren't allowed to <br />install grass in new front yards at all. <br />Related links <br />• Drought diminishes river <br />• Nature demands her share <br />• States deal for water <br />• Farmers fear dry future <br />• River's headwaters <br />determined by politicians, not <br />geography <br />• Once- vibrant river delta is a <br />low priority <br />• Tribes win new clout in <br />Arizona <br />• Editorial: Irrational rationing <br />• Our river, our future <br />• Take off blinders or face a <br />parched, dusty future <br />• Lack of cooperation will <br />leave us high, dry <br />0 Scenes along the Colorado <br />River <br />• Special report: Next West: <br />'Phenomenal growth' creating <br />tough choices <br />Even that may not be enough. Drought has only worsened problems caused <br />by nearly two decades of record growth, which pushed Nevada to the edge <br />of its already tiny Colorado River allocation. State officials are looking for <br />help along the river and elsewhere in Nevada, where some rural sources <br />could be tapped. <br />But along the river, other states are wrestling with their own problems and <br />aren't in any mood to rewrite water law to help Nevada or anyone else. 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