(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
John Entsminger, senior deputy general manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, speaks about the drought crisis in the Western U.S. as U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, right, looks on during a press conference, on Monday, Aug. 22, at the Las Vegas Valley Water District, in Las Vegas. Sen. Cortez Masto and the Southern Nevada Water Authority called on the administration to deliver a detailed, timely plan to disburse the $4 billion in drought funding that Cortez Masto helped secure in the Inflation Reduction Act.