May. 07, 2008 SIGN THE PETITION: STOP THE LAS VEGAS WATER GRAB The Great Basin Desert of eastern Nevada and western Utah is threatened by plans of the Southern Nevada Water Authority to drill over 200 wells in one of the driest regions of the United States and pipe the water 300 miles to Las Vegas. If permitted by the State of Nevada and the Bureau of Land... More
May. 07, 2008 CECIL GARLAND’S QUIXOTIC FIGHT. What is the southwest to become? In only a fraction of a heartbeat ago, in terms of geological time, there was a thousand feet of water above the small ranching community of Callao, UT, located in the west-central part of the Great Basin.
Approximately half of that great inland sea broke out to the north and ran to the Paci... More
May. 06, 2008 THE BIG SIP STALLS (KCPW News) Negotiations have stalled in a debate between Nevada and Utah over the ownership of water in a massive underground aquifer spanning both states. Las Vegas wants to tap the area's deep carbonate aquifer, but the plan could be environmentally catastrophic for the entire Great Basin re... More
Apr. 17, 2008 Question: Just how much money does the Southern Nevada Water Authority have in the Bank? (Excepted from George Knapp's Column, "The Knappster", in the Las Vegas City Life from April 17, 2008).
... My pal Jon Ralston wrote last Sunday about the dire prospects of another round of budget cuts. Allow me to once again suggest a temporary fix that has not been considered b... More
Apr. 12, 2008 One more chance for water conservation! Clark County Commission to consider new water rates Because the Las Vegas Valley Water District failed to properly inform the public that the district board – the Clark County Commission – would be voting on new water rates at a February meeting, the commission is going to do it over again this Tuesday, April 15.
Conservation groups including... More
Apr. 08, 2008 Pipeline or nothing! (Las Vegas City Life)
... In case the Sun hasn't been told, cost is no longer an issue for the authority. The $1 billion dollar pipeline project is now a $3.5 billion pipeline project, and could go as high as $12 billion to $20 billion by the time it's done. It doesn't matter, Mulroy said o... More
Apr. 08, 2008 Reservoir deal seen for water authority (Sacramento) Illustrating the growing anxiety over water across the West, the Metropolitan Water District today is expected to enter into a novel tri-state agreement to build a small reservoir in the Imperial Valley that could stretch supplies for Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Diego.
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