LAS VEGAS (AP) — A desert city built on a reputation for excess wants to become a model for conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on.
Las Vegas-area water officials are asking the Nevada Legislature to pass a law prohibiting "nonfunctional turf."
The Southern Nevada Water Authority says taking out the grass in street medians and common areas of master-planned communities and office parks can reduce the amount of water the region consumes by roughly 15%.
California imposed a temporary ban during its drought, but no state or major city has tried to phase out certain categories of grass permanently.
