Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

A sport utility vehicle drives down a paved channel on the Sunrise Landfill during a media tour Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. In 1998, a storm damaged the landfill cap, sending waste into the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead. The tour marked the completion of $36 million in storm control construction.

Steve Marcus

A sport utility vehicle drives down a paved channel on the Sunrise Landfill during a media tour Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. In 1998, a storm damaged the landfill cap, sending waste into the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead. The tour marked the completion of $36 million in storm control construction.