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  Water shortage in las
vegas, nv
Las Vegas Operators Soak
in New Business
According to an article in
the Las Vegas Review-Journal harsher drought restrictions enacted
Jan. 1 by the Southern Nevada Water Authority have spurred an increase
in business among area commercial car washes.
In addition, area landscapers
have seen an increase in property owners wishing to make their outdoor
irrigation systems more water-friendly to comply with the new rules.
In putting tougher water-use
rules in effect, the water authority bars car owners in Clark County
and Las Vegas from washing their cars at home without using flow-restriction
devices.
At the Green Valley Hand
Car Wash, 4625 E. Sunset Road, general manager Del Galster said
business has increased since the new rules took effect.
"We've seen an increase in
business of probably around 10 percent," Galster said. "Things have
been good for us."
The average self-serve car
wash brings in an average of $150,000 in annual sales and nets roughly
$50,000 to $60,000 in annual revenues, said Bob Burglin, owner of
Bob's Car Wash on East Lake Mead Boulevard in North Las Vegas.
"Those figures depend on
the size of the car wash, and if it's a full-serve facility, it
depends how labor-intensive it is," said Burglin, who added that
his business has also been good.
Dave Farris, owner of the
Oasis Self-Serve Car Wash, 3032 Candelaria Drive in Henderson, agreed
that his business has picked up.
"There has been an increase
in business here, but my customers are not happy with the (drought)
restrictions," Farris said. "We capture 100 percent of our water
back into a sanitary system, which complies with the restrictions."
Joe Roosa, manager of the
Desert Oasis Car Wash at 6400 W. Craig Road, said his business is
also accelerating.
"There has been an increase
in customers. Not a significant one, but there are definitely more
customers coming in," Roosa said
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