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Mar. 13, 2010
 Court ruling triggers NV water rights scramble (AP) A Nevada Supreme Court ruling has triggered a tidal wave of legal uncertainty over decades of water rights sought by thirsty Las Vegas, dealing a big setback to the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plan for a massive pipeline project and raising questions about thousands of water rights around... More
Mar. 12, 2010
Tues, Mar 16: Workshop on Supreme Court Ruling The Nevada State Engineer will hold a workshop at 12:30 P.M, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at the Nevada Legislature, Room 1214, 401 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV and will be teleconferenced to Room 4406 in the Grant Sawyer Office Building, 555 E Washington, Las Vegas, NV.
"The Legislatur... More
Mar. 12, 2010
"Welcome to Owens Valley East" -- [Ralph R. Sacrison, Elko, LTE, NV Appeal] So do I have this right? A state agency acts on 16 years of water rights all at once, is brought to task by the Nevada Supreme Court, and the agency head now wants the Legislature to retroactively allow the transgressions and change the water laws?
The state did not follow the law, so bureau... More
Mar. 12, 2010
State workshops will examine court’s decision on water rights [LV Sun] Heeding the call of the Legislature, the state Division of Water Resources is holding a workshop to examine the effect of a court decision voiding efforts to pump water to Las Vegas from rural Nevada.
Gov. Jim Gibbons asked the special session of the Legislature to consider the effect of the... More
Mar. 05, 2010
NOTES ON A SKIRMISH [Emily Green] Goliath wasn’t really trying, didn’t really want to win and it never really was a contest. That’s the upshot of the response from the Southern Nevada Water Authority after a proposed amendment to do with its massive haul of water awards out of central Nevada failed to pass during the special se... More
Mar. 04, 2010
Water Grab Slapdown [George Knapp, Las Vegas Citylife] ...
The reaction from the water authority to the legislative bitch slap dished out in Carson City this week is downright hilarious. The authority put on a full-court press, had a huge team of lobbyists, twisted arms, issued threats, called in the casino lobbyists, unions and developers, all ... More
Mar. 01, 2010
Nevada Legislature rejects SNWA Fix in Special Session The Nevada Legislature ended its emergency budget special session just after 2 AM on March 1 and rejected the SNWA fix bill. Thanks to all who contacted their legislators with the message that this session was the wrong forum to try to make significant changes to the due process rights of citi... More
Feb. 24, 2010
THE SCREW TURNS: Emily Green, Chance of Rain NEVADA Governor Jim Gibbons has all but given back what late last month the state supreme court took away when today he released formal instruction to the state legislature to revise 2003 legislation “concerning the time in which the State Engineer must act upon a water rights application so th... More
Feb. 24, 2010
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY. STOP THE SNWA FIX BILL. The Governor has caved in to the SNWA pressure campaign. The language of the special SNWA legislation is at the end of this message.
Your call or e-mail to legislators is more important than ever. Contact your legislators and the leaders of the Assembly and Senate.
PLEASE CALL YOUR LEGI... More
Feb. 19, 2010
ALERT: Legislature begins Tuesday, February 23: Keep SNWA's Water Bill Out The Governor and legislature are under intense pressure from the Southern Nevada Water Authority to force them to bailout SNWA's 1989 applications. Please, if you haven't already contacted the Governor and your legislator, don't hesitate. Get your friends and neighbors to call, too. See below f... More
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