Case Study: Winning Big In Las Vegas With Acoustic Condition Assessment

The Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) began providing water to the Las Vegas Valley in 1954. Over the years, the city’s water delivery system has grown to more than 4,500 miles of pipeline, 350,000 service connections, and a reservoir system capable of storing more than 900 million gallons of water. Today, the district provides water to more than one million people in Las Vegas and Clark County Southern Nevada.

According to the USEPA, 700 water main breaks occur every day in the U.S., amounting to approximately 250,000 breaks each year. And, on average, 14 percent of treated water is lost to leaks. The LVVWD has a relatively young water infrastructure that experiences very few main-breaks per mile as compared to other major utilities, and has less than 6 percent losses. However, some of its pipes have started to fail more often due to corrosion and other factors.