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Jan. 06, 2010
 Utah and Nevada ready to sign water agreement Resource » Board fears drying Snake Valley, govs favor deal . Utah and Nevada officials say they're ready to sign a deal splitting border groundwater in the Snake Valley despite opposition from members of a new Utah advisory board set up to study the plan.
The Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council met Wednesday at the Utah Capitol to review public commen... More
Jan. 06, 2010
Snake Valley water agreement appears imminent A proposed water-sharing agreement in Snake Valley between Nevada and Utah appears destined for signature by the two states as additional revisions were aired in a Wednesday meeting of an advisory council.
Nevada officials indicated at the Snake Valley Advisory Council meeting that they are ... More
Jan. 05, 2010
Federal agencies may have to consider climate before they act The Obama administration may issue an order that would expand the National Environmental Policy Act's scope to prevent global warming. The move could open up new avenues to challenge projects.... More
Jan. 05, 2010
Lake Powell Pipeline: High cost, uncertain water [Salt Lake Tribune] Since it was first proposed in 1997, the Lake Powell Pipeline has been a controversial issue in southern Utah and remains a concern to many Washington County residents.
Those concerns were evident Monday when about 100 residents attended a discussion featuring the pros a... More
Jan. 05, 2010
Utah: Already Dry and needing more water ... [Deseret News] ...
The Division of Water Resources plans to make progress on an initiative to decrease Utah's per capita water usage by 25 percent from levels in 2000 by 2050. Doing so would remove the need to develop 500,000 acre-feet of new water sources for this desert state with a rapid... More
Jan. 04, 2010
2009 weather: S. Nevada tops out at 113 degrees in July - sets record high night-time temp of 90 degrees The Nevada Climate Office reports many interesting tidbits about Southern Nevada weather for the past summer. September in Las Vegas, for example, produced no measurable rain and the average day and nighttime temperatures for the month were 5 degrees above average at 86.2 degrees. Three days ... More
Dec. 24, 2009
Demographic trends no longer support the Water Grab The New York Times headline reads: "Recession Slows Population Rise Across Sun Belt".... More
Dec. 18, 2009
Municipal well pumping dries up existing wells Washoe County threw out a decision which would have largely compensated existing well owners for the loss of their wells when huge municipal wells started to dewater the area to support huge, new water demanding development in the region. The RGJ reports that long-time residents who have their... More
Dec. 18, 2009
Great Basin National Park snow fields and glacier melting away? The Great Basin National Park's latest installment of the excellent publication "The Midden" reports that aerial photographic evidence shows that the snowfields and Glacier on Mt Wheeler cirque may be shrinking dramatically. Summer aerial photos from 1962 and 2007 show significantly ... More
Dec. 09, 2009
CENTRAL NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY HOSTS FORUM IN RENO DEC 17. BLM DIRECTOR BOB ABBEY TO BE SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER.
The Central Nevada Regional Water Authority will host the first annual Great Basin Water Forum, December 17, in Reno, Nevada. Earlier this year, the Central Nevada Regional Water Authority (Nevada unit of local government established by ... More
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