The Las Vegas Review Journal listed the top 100 water users in Las Vegas. The list is a Who’s Who of the top 100 are casino executives, entertainers, professional athletes and billionaire business giants.

“Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother to the Sultan of Brunei, to be exact — whose 16-acre compound in the exclusive Spanish Trail neighborhood used enough water last year to supply 108 average single-family homes.”

Bolkiah was the top water user in Vegas. His full name is His Royal Highness Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien. How would you like a name like that? Brunei is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Bokiah’s family’s royalty has existed since the 15th century. [Wikipedia]

All alone in second place is Pierre Omidyar, founder of a modest, little Internet startup called eBay. His 33-bedroom mansion on 7 acres at the gateway to Anthem guzzled nearly 13.8 million gallons of water, 5 million more than any other home in Henderson.

“Third place belongs to Daniel Greenspun of the Greenspun Media Group, publishers of the Las Vegas Sun. He used 8.8 million gallons of water last year at his 7-acre spread in — you guessed it — Green Valley.”

“The average valley home uses about 29 gallons of water per square foot.”

The RJ has aerial views of 10 of the water hog estates. Not only are these people water hogs they live as high on the hog as you can get.

Water in a desert is like gold. If you have lots of gold you can consume lots of water.

No wonder Lake Mead is drying up. In a 2008 report on the status of Lake Mead, scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography predict there is a 50% probability that Lake Mead will be completely dry by 2021, because of climate change and unsustainable overuse of Colorado River water.

If the Scripps prediction is true Las Vegas will begin its demise into a ghost town. Those water hogs will have to find a place to go. 2021 is only a decade away.

Don’t read or hear much about that in the news media.