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Escalation of Western Water Wars Loom
The finite availability of western water is part of the reason Ralph Maughan previously posed the question : Will the resource sucking “sin city” be reclaimed by the desert ? Perhaps eventually, but in the meantime – despite setbacks, the Southern Nevada Water Authority keeps stretching its [...]
Continue Reading →Will the resource-sucking “sin city” be reclaimed by the desert?
Everyone knows at least a little bit about Las Vegas. To many visitors, Las Vegas is Nevada. In terms of population this is almost true. The large majority of the state’s population lives in Clark County (Las Vegas) — almost 2-million people live in this [...]
Continue Reading →Legislation from 2003 had a hidden flaw-
The small oversight that threatens the valley’s big pipeline proposal. Nevada Supreme court cites a wording error in ’03 legislation. By Emily Green and Tom Gorman, Las Vegas Sun.
The seemingly unstoppable “water witch of the West” made an early mistake.
I hope it is truly dead, [...]
Continue Reading →A great victory for rural Nevada and the land and wildlife over Pat Mulroy and Southern Nevada Water Authority-
“Plans to siphon billions of gallons of groundwater from rural Nevada were tossed out today by the Nevada Supreme Court.” Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Vegas Water Claim. LasVegasNow.com
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Nevada court decision against Southern Nevada Water Authority cautions Utah’s new governor-
Herbert agrees to ‘go slow’ on Snake Valley water deal. In the meantime, Nevada courts are sorting out an in-state conflict. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune
A danger is that Harry Reid will use the US Senate to help Nevada [...]
Continue Reading →Great Basin Water Network tells the “real reason” why Utah politicians laid down for Las Vegas water steal-
The Great Basin Water Network says Utah will give up Snake Valley and state’s air quality to Las Vegas for support of their own urban sprawl pipeline — Lake Powell to St. George, UT.
Pat Mulroy [...]
Continue Reading →. . . and Utah officials had no backbone-
This gets more and more disgusting the longer the story goes on.
Today’s article in the Salt Lake Tribune has a handy sidebar with links to past articles.
Continue Reading →High Country News does major feature on the proposed draining of Nevada desert valleys, including Snake Valley on the NV/UT border-
For some time now I have been posting stories on the diversion of desert valley aquifers to provide more water for glitter and sprawl at Sin City. These posts are but most modestly read. [...]
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