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Oct. 19, 2009
 Conservation efforts slashed at SNWA because of a "lack of funding" Yup. That's the claim. Or is it more to the point that conservation cuts into the budget of an agency who is in the business of selling water?
Check out the Las Vegas Sun Story:
"... Blame it, of course, on the recession.
The program is funded under the Water Smart Landscape pr... More
Oct. 19, 2009
Emily Green's "Chance of Rain" sees unsurprising inconsistencies in SNWA Management "... On Friday, the R-J reported that the Southern Nevada Water Authority was paying $4m to a single ranch in neighboring Lincoln County for the owners to withdraw challenges to the authority’s proposed pipeline plan into the Great Basin. The pipeline plan was introduced in 1989 and sold a... More
Oct. 19, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune samples comments on the UT-NV shared groundwater deal "As a participant in the Washington County Water Conservancy District Regional Agreement, we share water resources across state lines and are dependent upon the ability to acquire Colorado River water through the Lake Powell pipeline project. It is our hope that management of the Colorado ... More
Oct. 19, 2009
NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW BEEHIVE STATE'S POSITION CHANGED AFTER NEVADA'S THREATS. The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that Utah Officials negotiating in secret for 4 years were threatened by Nevada that Nevada would take the matter to court or to Congress according to official memos and emails.
The Tribune also reported:" The correspondence, released under an open-rec... More
Oct. 14, 2009
Snake Valley water proposal still under scrutiny [Deseret News] Water monitoring is being done, biologists are studying spring snails and spotted frogs, and an advisory council is sifting through a thick binder packed with hundreds of comments. What remains to be seen, however, is the fate of the Snake Valley draft agreement that proposes to split the water... More
Oct. 14, 2009
Hundreds of comments: Fix the agreement or don't sign it While a news article in the Las Vegas Review journal quotes Allen Biagi as saying only "20" comments were received, there were many, many more than that submitted. Comments were extremely detailed (see comments posted here and in our publications section). The GBWN comments were 17 ... More
Oct. 14, 2009
" The notion that we can meet the needs of growing populations simply by shuffling water around like playing cards is outdated." [High Country News OP-ED By Jonathan Thompson] If you've ever driven across Nevada, you might be tempted to shrug off fears about Las Vegas' plans to siphon the groundwater from under the east-central part of the state. From Highway 50, "the loneliest road," that basin-and-range count... More
Oct. 14, 2009
Launce Rake talks with Aguanomics blogster and UC Berkeley Economist My Water Chat with Pat Mulroy...didn't happen. Instead, I talked to Launce Rake, an "activist" familiar with water issues in Las Vegas.
We cover the "water grab" from rural Nevada/Utah, the boom and bust in real estate (and why water had a lot to do with it), and many ot... More
Oct. 14, 2009
Silenced Springs? Great Basin waters face threats big and small. -- From the High Country News By J. Madeleine Nash In his right hand, Don Sada clutches a simple kitchen sieve; in his left, he holds a Tupperware container. As I look on, the 58-year-old ecologist from Reno's Desert Research Institute plunges into a thick stand of watercress that obscures the headwaters of Big Springs Creek, an exuberant strea... More
Oct. 07, 2009
Dust storms signal danger for Utah [Deseretnews.com] Recently, Australia has turned into a terrestrial version of Dante's inferno: breathtaking fire storms, 10 years of unrelenting heat and drought, collapse of the agricultural industry and soaring suicide rates among farmers. Last week, monster dust storms traveled thousands of miles, shut down ... More
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