The rapidly growing Las Vegas metropolitan area is exceedingits allotment of water from the Colorado River. Tomeet its growing demand, Nevada’s largest city has proposeda $3.5 billion project that would divert groundwater from 450km (280 mi) away. Do you think such diversions are ethicallyjustified? If this project were to destroy rural communities andwetland ecosystems at the diversion site in eastern Nevada,would this be an acceptable cost given the economic activitygenerated in Las Vegas? How els

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