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Apr. 16, 2009
 What's so bad about the Southern Nevada Water Authority's proposed rural water pipeline plan? What's so bad about the Southern Nevada Water Authority's proposed rural water pipeline plan?
The euphemistically titled "Groundwater Development Project" -- more commonly referred to as the Las Vegas Water Grab -- is a horrendous idea, but we can't put all the blame for this larde... More
Apr. 14, 2009
Quadra Mining Pumping water damages Ely municipal spring source? The Ely Times reported that the city's municipal water supply is threatened by a sharp drop in the "level" of Murry Springs. That's where agreement ends, however. Finger pointing from mine supporters who tag "drought" and those concerned with the ultimate loss of a free, n... More
Apr. 10, 2009
Salt Lake City Weekly: "Dust Up" The Water Authorities request to delay the Sept. 2009 hearing over Snake Valley water is just a few days old and juxtaposed by days with the Federal Government announcement they will press their protest case before the NV engineer.
The Salt Lake City Weekly reported: "...One week after... More
Apr. 09, 2009
KLAS TV I-Team: Water Grab vrs. endangered wildlife found only in Nevada Rob Mrowka, with the Center for Biological Diversity, is interviewed in this KLAS TV report by George Knapp regarding Moapa dace and spring snails, and the proposal to grab rural Nevada water and pipe it to Las Vegas.... More
Apr. 01, 2009
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas wins prestigious award for exposing SNWA's destructive policies George Knapp’s incisive investigation and reporting of the SNWA’s destructive policies has won a Peabody Award, the top prize in investigative television journalism.
2008 Peabody Award Winner: Crossfire: Water, Power and Politics (KLAS-TV, Las Vegas)
"This network-quality documentar... More
Apr. 01, 2009
Nat'l Park Service other agencies say they won't sign stipulated agreement with SNWA The Millard County Chronicle published on March 31 reported that all the Department of Interior Agencies, the NPS, BLM, USFWS, and BIA, will not enter into a stipulated agreement with the SNWA and drop their protests of SNWA's applications to pump 16 billion gallons of water per year from Snake... More
Mar. 31, 2009
"It's put-up or shut-up time" - Mark Ward, Utah Assoc of Counties A Nevada agency that hopes to siphon billions of gallons of groundwater from a Utah aquifer to feed Las Vegas growth now wants to stall its request until fall 2010 and blames the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for the delay.
In a letter this week to Nevada's state engineer, the Southern Neva... More
Mar. 31, 2009
CityBlog: Look who else is against the water grab In yesterdays (3/30/2009) Las Vegas CityLife's "CityBlog", Andrew Kiraly posted the letter from 147 scientists who oppose the water grab. Recommended: the outstanding cartoon. "Can't fight the science, greedy mermaiditrons of the water authority!"... More
Mar. 31, 2009
SNWA: Can't get its model together for hearing; begs state engineer for more time Yup, the huge, billion dollar strong water agency, the SNWA, just can't get its li'l 'ol water model to work in time for the late September hearing.
After all, they've only had 20 years!
Seems after spending many millions of $ on water models so far, they'd be way prepared.
As you ... More
Mar. 30, 2009
groups Sue to block the state engineer's ruling and challenge ... Las Vegas "water grab." A coalition of ranchers, farmers and conservationists is turning up the volume on efforts to block a plan to pipe billions of gallons of groundwater a year from the northeast part of Nevada to Las Vegas.
A coalition lawyer says State Engineer Tracy Taylor relied on bad data and flawed reason... More
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