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Station Casinos Completes Landscape Conversion

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- When Station Casinos made plans to include a water feature at its newly opened Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa, Clark County conservation rules required that they offset the feature's water use elsewhere. Station Casinos responded in a big way, by converting more than 125,000 square feet of turf to water-smart landscaping at its Santa Fe Station property. This move is projected to save nearly six million gallons of water annually, far more than the amount of water the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa fountain will use.

"Station Casinos has created a stunning landscape at Santa Fe Station that's also water efficient," said Doug Bennett, conservation manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. "Their efforts show that Southern Nevada's businesses are serious about being water smart."

The highlight of the conversion was the creation of a garden area located between the casino and parking garage. The area has hundreds of trees and plants that will bloom throughout the year, a walking path and park benches. Contrary to popular belief, local hotels and casinos consume only about 3 percent of the valley's water supply. In most cases, the greatest consumptive use of water is not fountains or landscaping but air conditioning cooling towers. All of the water used inside the hotel rooms is captured at water reclamation facilities, so indoor water use has virtually no impact on the community's water supply. Additionally, all hotels and casinos are required by the County to enact a water-efficiency plan.

While Station Casinos funded this landscape conversion on its own, other commercial properties can participate in the Southern Nevada Water Authority's Water Smart Landscapes program, which pays $1 per square foot of turf replaced with water-efficient plants or shrubs. In addition to the rebate amount, businesses that participated last year saved an average of 825,000 gallons of water and more than $2,000 on their water bill.

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