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Jul. 18, 2008

Matheson's water bill gets House panel's OK

ST. GEORGE - The House Science and Technology Committee approved HR 3957 - the Water-Use Efficiency and Conservation Research Act - on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, introduced the bill, which deals with water efficiency and conservation. ... "I think we know in Utah that wa...  More

Jul. 18, 2008

Water wise - In the middle of a drought, in the middle of the desert … where do we stand?

The foreclosure crisis. The shaky national economy. The shaky local economy. The state budget crisis. The steady climb of gas above $4 a gallon—great in a town built for driving. Hot enough for you this year? Obviously, we’ve got a lot on our minds as is, in this calm before (we hope) the next ...  More

Jul. 16, 2008

Snake Valley water hearings won’t happen until late next year

Opponents of Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plans to pump water from Snake Valley in Eastern Nevada to fast-growing Las Vegas will have more than a year to build a case against the pipeline. ... [H]earings in the fall of 2009 would be announced this year. Although she said she wanted t...  More

Jul. 15, 2008

Forces set to resist bid for rural water; nake Valley — and its ranches, tribes and park — has chance of defeating Water Authority request

State engineer Tracy Taylor has played it down the middle so far, giving the Southern Nevada Water Authority about half the water it wanted from rural Nevada. His two rulings — on Spring Valley and Cave, Dry Lake and Delamar valleys — were called cautious by some on both sides. Final arra...  More

Jul. 10, 2008

DRAWING WATER: STATE ENGINEER GRANTS SOME OF AGENCY'S REQUEST: Ruling covers three valleys in Lincoln County

(Henry Brean, LV Review-Journal) Their proposed pipeline might be half-empty so far, but Southern Nevada Water Authority officials prefer to see it as half-full. ... Critics argue that large-scale groundwater pumping in the arid valleys of eastern Nevada threatens the region's wildlife and t...  More

Jul. 10, 2008

State grants more water for Las Vegas

State Engineer Tracy Taylor is granting the Southern Nevada Water Authority additional permission to draw 6.1 billion gallons of water from eastern Nevada a year for use in the growing Las Vegas area. (Las Vegas Sun) ... Although environmentalists say the state engineer's decision has genera...  More

Jul. 10, 2008

Pipe dreams: S. Nevada pipeline plan could spell disaster

Water makes life possible in the desert. If you remove a vast amount of water and take it hundreds of miles away, the loss will have far-reaching effects on arid land, plants, wildlife and the livelihoods of its human inhabitants. (Tribune Editorial; Salt Lake Tribune) ... SNWA admits, ...  More

Jul. 09, 2008

NV State Engineer Ruling on Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys

The Nevada State Engineer has approved approximately 54% of the Southern Nevada Water Authority groundwater pumping scheme in Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys. In total the State Engineer ruling gives the SNWA a total of 18,755 acre-feet annually (6.1 billion gallons annually) with nearl...  More

Jul. 08, 2008

"The era of simple solutions is over" - Pat Mulroy Opinion in Las Vegas Sun

Once again we have Ms. Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, "authoritative pronouncements" on taking rural Nevada water to support Las Vegas growth. But, of course, Ms. Mulroy is proposing the simplest solution of all -- take someone else's water. In trying to d...  More

Jun. 29, 2008

‘Owens Valley is the model of what to expect’: QUENCHING LAS VEGAS’ THIRST: PART 5

"As Las Vegas policymakers eye the water beneath Nevada, a scientific debate erupts over the possible effects ... As [groundwater expert Dr. Bredehoeft] explains it, there is no water to spare for Las Vegas without disrupting the equilibrium between water flowing in from snowmelt and...  More

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