That deal fell through, and the following year the water park reopened, only to close again in 1989. It sat empty for a decade then reopened yet again in 1998, with a new team in place.

I stopped in the Mojave Desert and wandered around a 251-acre abandoned water park. ... "We have an old-fashioned swimming hole," Byers told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 1989.

Las Vegans are no longer allowed to build giant swimming pools or spas at single-family homes. The Southern Nevada Water Authority says there’s been a proliferation of giant pools – some ...

Cameron Donnarumma is a Las Vegas water-waste investigator, or “water cop,” and he usually rolls out in his patrol car at 4 a.m., before residents power up their sprinklers.