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May. 11, 2010
 More than 1,600 file protests over plan to tap Snake Valley aquifer [Deseret News] The protests are piling up over a plan that proposes to tap water from an aquifer in Snake Valley that straddles the border of Utah and Nevada.
An announcement by the Great Basin Water Network said more than 1,600 protests have been filed as a result of the Southern Nevada Water Authority's ... More
May. 11, 2010
Los Angeles wants too much Owens Valley Ground Water [Aquafornia] Inyo's Water Director analyzed DWP's pumping plans for the Owens Valley this year and found that those plans will lower groundwater tables, likely fail to obey the Water Agreement, and will fall short of the Drought Recovery Policy. Inyo's Water Department wants DWP to pump 17,240 acre feet les... More
May. 11, 2010
Chance of Rain Blog: Kay Sera Sera Kay Brothers retires this week [written May 4 2010] as Deputy General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. There will probably be parties and there should be toasts, during which she may be heralded as a force in developing groundwater storage programs for the Las Vegas Valley Water ... More
May. 11, 2010
Jason King sworn in as new Nevada State Engineer Jason King was sworn in last week as the new State Engineer.
King replaced Tracy Taylor, who served as State Engineer since 2006.
Secretary of State Ross Miller presided over the ceremony, and King was joined by his family and administrators in the Nevada Department of Conservation and ... More
May. 11, 2010
Las Vegas pumping plan could harm sensitive species, say enviros [Excerpted from EE News] Plans by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump more than 13 billion gallons of water from eastern Nevada to Las Vegas has drawn multiple protests from environmentalists who argue the project would harm numerous rare and sensitive species.
Proponents of the proj... More
May. 11, 2010
Las Vegas Review-Journal Sues its own Source [Emily Green Blog] Anyone who doubts that enforcement of copyright law is out of step with fair play and how journalism is gathered should consider that yesterday representatives for the Las Vegas Review-Journal filed suit against the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.
The case against the liberal advo... More
May. 11, 2010
Las Vegas has very low water rates and high consumption -- is there a connection? Reported in the CIRCLE OF BLUE WATERNEWS are comparisons of water rates and water usage of American cities -- including Las Vegas. Is there a connection between rates and usage? There certainly seems to be. See the article at the website below.... More
Mar. 23, 2010
Over Pumping in Utah drops Cedar Valley 100 Feet Here we have an especially egregious example of unsustainable groundwater "mining" and thereby causing Cedar Valley, Utah to reportedly drop one hundred feet!
The article below describes the time lag problem of attempting to monitor groundwater during pumping to try to prevent an... More
Mar. 23, 2010
Protesting the Southern Nevada Water Grab WATER GRAB BACKGROUND...
More than 20 years ago the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) filed hundreds of applications seeking to appropriate hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of groundwater from many rural Nevada valleys. The plan was to build a vast network of giant wells and pipelin... More
Mar. 18, 2010
GOVERNOR SUPPORTS GROUP SEEKING CLARIFICATION FROM STATE SUPREME COURT The Governor's office issued a press release calling for the Supreme Court to clarify its ruling rather than calling a special session.
"Governor Jim Gibbons today expressed support of new legal proceedings seeking clarification of the Nevada Supreme Court’s recent ruling on water right... More
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