Water conservation · Las Vegas valley
Keep the water
in the pool.Keep the
water in
the pool.
In the Las Vegas valley a pool gives water to the sun, and sometimes to a leak. The sun’s share is SNWA’s arithmetic; the leak is ours to find, early.
What an open surface loses.
SNWA’s figures, written for private, residential pools; the arithmetic is ours. Use your pool’s surface area.
- Per square foot
- 48.6 gallons a year, SNWA’s figure for the average in-ground pool.
- Per 1,000 sq ft
- 48,600 gallons a year at that rate. A bigger surface scales the same way.
- Under a cover
- 90 percent less evaporation, SNWA says: 4,860 gallons per 1,000 sq ft.
- What raises it
- Wind on an uncovered pool, and warmer water.
Draining
Draining, to the sewer.
When a pool has to be drained, the water-waste rules and SNWA’s guidance say where the water goes, and how fast.
Source·SNWA · Las Vegas Valley Water District
- 01
The sewer
Into the sanitary sewer, through the clean-out port, so the water is recycled and reused. Where a public sewer is available, skipping it is a water-waste violation.
- 02
Not the street
A street, sidewalk or storm drain breaks city and county ordinances. Storm drains here run to the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead untreated.
- 03
Slowly
12 gallons a minute at most, SNWA recommends; a safe rate may be less.
At a community pool
Finding the loss.
When the level drops faster than the sun explains, leak detection finds the water loss early. Skimmer and drain repairs and plumbing inspections follow where a leak leads. We also do water body design consultation, system upgrades and remodels. Leak detection
Two rules reach HOA, apartment and hotel pools differently. The 600-square-foot limit on new pools is a single-family rule: local codes adopted it, and SNWA backed it in July 2022. The fountain rule names commercial use outright: new commercial fountains and water features are prohibited on SNWA member-agency water, with narrow exemptions.
The rest, with sources, is on one sheet. Las Vegas pool water rules
Questions
Questions about water.
Is it evaporation or a leak?
SNWA describes a four-step bucket test that may help tell a leak from a high evaporation rate. If it points to a leak, call a leak detection specialist. The bucket test
Do you work on home pools?
At a house we come for repairs, leak detection and fit-for-service inspections. Home pools
Where do you work?
Across Las Vegas and the surrounding areas.
Tell us what the level is doing.
Call, or send a few details about the pool.