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Susie Lee: “This funding will go to construct a weir or basically like a…”

Featuring: Susie Lee, Democratic | U.S. House, Nevada, District 3

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Congresswoman Lee Announces $20 Million for Las Vegas Wash Efforts to Combat Drought

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

So the Bureau of Reclamation will team up with the Southwest Nevada water authorities to build a way to slow down the water and protect the wash. This funding will go to construct a weir or basically like a speed bump that helps slow down the water. so it has a chance to basically clean itself before it gets deposited into Lake Mead. The weir is sort of constructed underneath. (01:51–01:59)

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Asserts that the funding will be used to construct a weir to slow down water flow.

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