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Jan. 31, 2010

Pipeline not the sole option Authority exploring other means as predictions for Lake Mead remain grim

[Las Vegas Sun, Excerpt] The Nevada Supreme Court’s ruling last week that upheaved multibillion-dollar plans to tap water from rural Nevada for the Las Vegas Valley has thrown into confusion the fate of a project that was once hailed as essential to the future of Las Vegas. The ruling jeopar...  More

Jan. 31, 2010

THERE WILL BE BLOOD [A Chance of Rain - Emily Green]

... Until recently, smart money was on Las Vegas getting the water and five rural valleys in central, eastern Nevada getting the disaster. Look at a map and there are the target basins, little populated places lined up like long narrow flagstones leading half way to Salt Lake City: Delamar, Dry...  More

Jan. 29, 2010

Chance of Rain: "LAS VEGAS PIPELINE LOSES ITS WATER"

Emily Green writes: "In a stunning reversal for Las Vegas water manager Patricia Mulroy, ground-water awards that were to fill an almost 300-mile-long pipeline planned by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to run from central eastern Nevada to Las Vegas were invalidated today. ..."...  More

Jan. 28, 2010

S. Nev. Water Authority makes "the call" to elected officials to remind them to toe the line

[George Knapp] It's starting to look like Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak has yet to receive "The Call." Or maybe he got it and chose to ignore it. Either way, he's messing with the primary forces of nature. I'm talking about the Southern Nevada Water Authority and its little ...  More

Jan. 28, 2010

Nevada Supreme Court strikes blow to water grab

[Jan. 28, 2010, Carson City, Nevada] The Nevada Supreme Court today issued an opinion striking a serious blow to the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s planned rural Nevada water grab, effectively sending the pipeline project back to the beginning of the State Engineer’s hearing process. Doz...  More

Jan. 28, 2010

BREAKING NEWS! - NV SUPREME COURT DECIDES IN WATER NETWORK FAVOR

In a rebuke to the NV State Engineer and the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed the district court and agreed with arguments presented by Simeon Herskovitz, attorney for the Great Basin Water Network. The case overturns the District Court decision and requires...  More

Jan. 28, 2010

I-Team (Las Vegas): Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Vegas Water Claim Plans ...

to siphon billions of gallons of groundwater from rural Nevada were tossed out today by the Nevada Supreme Court. Inside, the court decision....  More

Jan. 27, 2010

Monitoring in Question in Agreement

The agreement between Nevada and Utah for a 50-50 split of Snake Valley groundwater could be ratified any day now, but there are concerns about the monitoring intended to protect the water supply. Congress requires the two states to come to agreement about how to divide the water before any can...  More

Jan. 27, 2010

Ely's Water Source Drying Up -- finger pointing portends the future if Southern Nevada starts pumping

The Ely Times reports that water flowing from Murray Springs -- which has reliably supplied the City since its inception -- has plummeted more than 50% in two years. Yet, unbelievably, there is no agreement on why. Is it the Mine which two years ago began massive pumping to dewater the mine n...  More

Jan. 23, 2010

Nevada Supreme Court to expedite water rights case

The Las Vegas Sun reported that the Nevada Supreme Court has agreed to speed up its consideration of the appeal of a lower court ruling to stop the Southern Nevada Water Authority from pumping water from rural areas of eastern Nevada. The announcement came when SNWA deputy general manager, K...  More

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Demands for water in the Desert Southwest - not sustainable. Desert areas of the southwestern U.S. face uns...  Continue