Article: Vegas water district mixes wireless, maps.(Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas Valley Water District)

Byline: Phil Hochmuth

How do you measure more than 3,000 miles of water pipes buried in the desert? The Las Vegas Valley Water District looks

to the skies for help.

In supplying water to more than 1.5 million people, the LVVWD operates 3,600 miles of pipes and tens of thousands of valves,

hydrants, meters and other equipment. To maintain and manage it, the water district uses a database of more than 100,000 digital

engineering records and drawings - a document store that grows steadily each year as new construction proliferates in the

Las Vegas Valley.

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