Jan. 21, 2012 Utah State Engineer risks all in approving Nuc Plant on Green River It is truly unbelievable that the Utah State Engineer is risking both nuclear power plant safety and the thousands of water rights holders dependent on the Colorado River supply. The risks are high and the benefits nearly nil for the citizens of Utah. Opinion - negative from the Salt Lake Tri... More
Dec. 31, 1969 Knappster: Water grabbers playing the long game Will the ultimate decision about a proposed rural groundwater plan be based on science -- pure, non-emotional science -- or will it be influenced, as everything else in our state is, by big money and political power?
Gee, I wonder what the answer is. ...... More
Jan. 13, 2012 NCBR: Business coalition opposes West Slope water pipeline A group of more than 250 businesses from seven states announced Thursday their opposition to a proposed pipeline that would transport water from the Green River on the Western Slope to the Front Range. ...... More
Jan. 12, 2012 Scientific American: ... Water Wars Split Western States Water needs increasingly divide urban areas like Las Vegas and its rural neighbors. ...
Denys Koyle parked an 8-foot bucket on the lot in front of her small motel, here on a lonely stretch of pavement crossing the Utah-Nevada line. A sign on the bucket reads: "Don't Let Las Vegas D... More
Jan. 12, 2012 Decision protects Colorado River Water for Southern Nevada (NCL) INTERIOR DECISION PROTECTS TOURISM, WATER QUALITY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA
Conservationists and business owners from Southern Nevada joined their counterparts in the West today (Monday, Jan. 9) to applaud the Obama administration’s decision to place a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining near... More
Jan. 05, 2012 Cheap water in the middle of a scorching desert? The famous slogan, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” once assured visitors that they were exempt from the wages of sins committed in the city of lights. It was the inspired product of the Las Vegas Convention and Tourism Authority. Not to be outdone, the local water authority is still pr... More
Dec. 16, 2011 Once again the Water Authority says "no" to conservation of water In the newest battle over how much you pay for water, the Southern Nevada Water Authority wants a "flat" rate increase to cover its mounting debt. Conservation? Well that just doesn't make them enough money, it seems. So if you use 10 thousand or 7 million gallons of water a year yo... More
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