Water jitters noted in the desert playground

Maclean's is being noticed in some unexpected quarters. The Las Vegas Sun has taken notice of the recent Maclean's feature on Canada's fears that the U.S. is going to make a grab for Canadian water, as well as articles on the same topic in the magazine of the Council of Canadians and similar in The American Prospect. But officials in Nevada pooh-pooh it:

"We've got no desire or direction to go up to Canada," says Ken Albright, resource director for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which provides the wholesale water for nearly all residential and business users throughout urban Las Vegas.

"Heck, we've got problems going 200 miles north," he says, referring to opposition in the rural areas to the ground water pumping plan.