Despite its reputation for indulging in water-wasting ways or perhaps because of this reputation people take note when Las Vegas makes a special effort to conserve water. Las Vegas is viewed as the prodigal son of cities, much lauded when it takes up the good cause of water conservation after its profligate ways. Attachments: | Arizona Water Resource Spring 2009 News Briefs Fossil Creek, a New Wild and Scenic River EPA: Groundwater, Not Ground Water Suit Questions Santa Cruz River's Navigability Legislation and Law Apache Water Rights Settlement Worked Out Court Sides With Power Plants on EPA Cost-Benefit Water Rule Features Q & A With Benjamin Grumbles, New AZ Department of Environmental Quality Chief Golf Courses Go Green With Less Green - Two Approaches Public Policy Review Payoffs From Water-Saving Practices May Have Down-the-Line Costs |