The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), which manages water for the Las Vegas Valley, proposes to build a massive 250-plus mile pipeline system to take water from the Great Basin aquifer and pump it to Las Vegas The cost of the pipeline system has never been made public; a budget is not available and no one researching the project has been able to get an accurate assessment of the true cost Las Vegans use far more water per capita than residents of many other cities in the Southwest Unit water rates are low in Las Vegas as compared to other cities while fixed rates are high Moving water requires a tremendous amount of energy, as water weighs about 8 pounds per gallon. SNWA is the single largest consumer of electricity in Nevada