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Oct. 04, 2009

New species gives ammo to Snake Valley water deal opponents (AP)

The discovery of new cave species at Great Basin National Park could provide opponents of the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plans to pump billions of gallons of water a year from the Snake Valley aquifer with one more argument against a project already painted by its critics as a threat to ...  More

Oct. 04, 2009

Water for Solar Energy or water for SNWA?

... Consider that the solar project in Amargosa [Valley, NV] is just one of literally hundreds proposed across the state. If all of these plants intend to guzzle water, it simply isn't going to work -- not for the plants and not for the Nevadans who depend on this water as well. The more water-...  More

Oct. 04, 2009

CAVERS & CRITTERS: New cave species have been identified at Great Basin National Park -- Discovery sharpens worries about plans to pump water from Snake Valley (LVRJ)

The mouth of Model Cave slopes downward into the fractured limestone face of Nevada's second tallest mountain range. To get inside, Gretchen Baker and Ben Roberts must slither headfirst through an angled chute that forces their left shoulders down into powdery dust. Their coveralls scrape ac...  More

Oct. 01, 2009

Millard County Disagrees with the draft UT-NV Snake Valley Agreement

1. Millard County disagrees with the draft agreement's 7 to 1 split of unallocated groundwater (36,000 af/y for Nevada, 5,000 af/y for Utah). That is grossly out of sync with the facts: 2. FACT: USGS Utah has analyzed the BARCASS data and concluded that there are over 260,000 a...  More

Sep. 30, 2009

Last Day to comment on the UT/NV Groundwater Agreement

"The Draft Agreement fails to meet any of its goals - equitable division of shared groundwater in Snake (and Hamlin and Pleasant) Valley, protection of existing permitted uses, and protection of the environment, " comments the Great Basin Water Network. The GBWN expressed its disap...  More

Sep. 29, 2009

NV/UT Agreement comments posted by the Great Basin Water Network

The Great Basin Water Network has submitted 17 pages of comments on the proposed NV/UT Snake Valley Agreement. The Network wrote "the Draft Agreement fails to meet any of its goals - equitable division of shared groundwater in Snake (and Hamlin and Pleasant) Valley, protection of existing...  More

Sep. 29, 2009

Herbert's assurances fail to ease Snake Valley fears [Deseret News]

Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday that even though Nevada water officials may expect a signed Snake Valley aquifer agreement on their desk by November, it won't happen until he's satisfied the plan protects Utah residents. "I'm ready to fight right along with you," Herbert told a crowd...  More

Sep. 29, 2009

Water pact gambles with health of Utah families

In 1991, facing obvious limits to growth from meager water resources, Las Vegas power brokers decided to bring the drama of high stakes gambling from the casinos to the board room of the Southern Nevada Water Authority headed by the Bernie Madoff of Western water, Pat Mulroy. The strategy wa...  More

Sep. 29, 2009

Snake Valley water -- Utahns should say what they think [Tribune Editorial]

Utah's west desert seems a long way from the Salt Lake Valley. And the possibility of Nevada draining scarce water from the desert's Snake Valley 10 years from now might seem too far in the future to worry about. But if residents of the Wasatch Front believe this issue doesn't concern them, the...  More

Sep. 20, 2009

Slow the rush to judgment [Salt Lake Tribune]

Slow the flow. That's Utah's slogan to encourage water conservation. We think the same slogan should be applied to the rush to judgment on the proposed deal between Utah and Nevada to allocate groundwater in Snake Valley. Utah officials should slow the process down. ... An interim committ...  More

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