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Aug. 20, 2009

Utah lawmakers not sold on Snake Valley water deal (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah lawmakers voiced concerns Wednesday that a proposed Snake Valley water deal tilts too favorably toward Nevada and could harm the water and air in the Beehive State. "I don't believe a bad agreement is better than no agreement," said Rep. Brad Winn, R-Ephraim. ... The centr...  More

Aug. 20, 2009

Deadline Extended for Comments on the Draft Agreement for the Management of the Snake Valley Groundwater System

The Nevada State Engineer's Office today announced today: The deadline for submitting comments on the draft agreement for the management of the Snake Valley Groundwater System has been extended. The original deadline was September 14, 2009. The new deadline is Wednesday, September 30, 2009...  More

Aug. 17, 2009

"Chilling Agreement" will dash rural Nevada economy for a decade

Ranchers, conservationists, Native Americans, scientists and concerned residents of Nevada and Utah have found ample issues of concern with an agreement on water use in the Snake Valley – a drought-struck region straddling the two states – that was issued Thursday. Small groups from Nevada ...  More

Aug. 17, 2009

SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE WATER GRAB! SNWA Board to Vote, Hold Public Hear Aug. 20

Those who want to protect the quality of the environment in the West have an opportunity to finally speak out against plans to drain the Great Basin. The multi-billion-dollar environmental threat known as the Las Vegas Water Grab is up for a public hearing Thursday. Attend the meeting and sh...  More

Aug. 17, 2009

Opposition to Pipeline comes from Las Vegans, too.

... Not all of the opposition is expected to come from Snake Valley. A number of Las Vegas Valley residents have spoken out against the project in the past and might do so again on Thursday. Among them is Chris Giunchigliani, who said she might speak not as a Clark County commissioner, bu...  More

Aug. 17, 2009

Utah-Nevada water deal draws flak

Millard County adamantly disagreed (with Utah over the NV/UT Snake Valley Agreement) Friday in a 3-page letter outlining its discontent with the proposal, which the commission says gives away too much Utah water and isn't at all equitable. "They've deliberately misled the public to crea...  More

Aug. 17, 2009

NCL: GIVE THE PUBLIC A VOICE ON THE PIPELINE!

SNWA Board to Vote Aug. 20 on proposed pipeline project The Southern Nevada Water Authority management has scheduled a confidence vote on their plan to pump billions of gallons of water annually from eastern Nevada to Las Vegas. The Nevada Conservation League is urging the board at SNWA t...  More

Aug. 14, 2009

SHOCK DOCTRINE, MULROY STYLE

Emily Green writes: "CRITICS of the Las Vegas pipeline proposed for the Great Basin will find almost every argument they’ve made in 20 years of protesting the project distilled in one witty, furious burst in today’s Aguanomics posting by UC Berkeley natural resources economist David Zetlan...  More

Aug. 13, 2009

Questions for SNWA?

In a Las Vegas City Life Column, George Knapp has "A few questions for the SNWA". ... (Click below for full article for the straight forward and logical questions.) ... Since it appears unlikely there will be any meaningful debate prior to the vote, might we pose a question or tw...  More

Aug. 13, 2009

Will Utah hand over Snake Valley's Water to Las Vegas's powerful water agency?

While it is defended by SNWA, it is hard to understand why Utah would sign the Nevada-Utah Shared Groundwater Agreement. It really isn't even an agreement between the two states. It is an agreement between Utah and the SNWA from what I see. And, if you as a water right owner in Utah ...  More

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