Yea! Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Vegas Water Claim

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 water pipeline: In jeopardy? Greenspace: Environmental news from California and beyond. LA Times.

Nevada threatened Utah on Snake Valley

. . . 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.

Did Utah blink in Snake Valley talks? Water » New documents show Beehive State’s position changed after Nevada’s threats. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune

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Don’t forget to read this High Country News feature as background. Silenced Springs? Great Basin waters face threats big and small. By J. Madeleine Nash. High Country News.

Silenced Springs? Great Basin waters face threats big and small.

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. Now High Country News has produced a major feature article on this growing issue.

Hopefully this will be some kind of turning point in interest on the issue.

Silenced Springs? Great Basin waters face threats big and small. By J. Madeleine Nash. High Country News.

Update Oct. 8. Snake Valley. First, do no harm. Salt Lake Tribune editorial.

Folks should also consider that this polluted dust from desert valley dewatering is not just going to blow into Utah. It will hit Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming too. Nevada has been one hell of a dangerous state to its neighbors — radioactive pollution from open air A-bomb tests, huge amounts of mercury from the open pit gold mines, and now this scheme that will make us suffer and maybe ruin our health to help Sin City grow.

Snake Valley water deal could kill Utahns, state’s top docs warn

This plan to drain the desert aquifer to fuel urban sprawl at Las Vegas is getting pretty contentious-

Snake Valley water deal could kill Utahns, state’s top docs warn. Utah Medical Association presses governor to nix the accord with Nevada. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune.

Folks have seen the Austrialian dust storms overwhelm Sidney. Does Utah need to do this for Las Vegas?

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Past stories on the desert water draining deal.

• Snake Valley water split angers Utahns.
• Utah-Nevada water plan draws fire. The proposal would divide water from the Snake Valley aquifer equally.
• Utah and Nevada agree on Snake Valley water accord
• Proposed Utah, Nevada water accord could clear the way for Snake Valley pipeline. Water sharing » Draft calls for monitoring of groundwater withdrawals, delays pipeline decision until 2019.
• Nevada Water Authority shaken by growing push-back to their effort to drain groundwater from under the Nevada desert.
• Utah, Nevada nearing deal on Snake Valley aquifer

For keeping updated on this issue so important to Nevada and Utah wildlife and desert ecology. Great Basin Water Network.

Snake Valley water split angers Utahns

Were the interests of Utah protected in the water deal between Utah and Nevada to pipe underground desert water to Las Vegas?

The Latest on this growing controversy.
Snake Valley water split angers Utahns. Deseret News. By Amy Joi O’Donoghue.
Utah-Nevada water plan draws fire. The proposal would divide water from the Snake Valley aquifer equally. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune

Past stories in this blog.

• Utah and Nevada agree on Snake Valley water accord
• Proposed Utah, Nevada water accord could clear the way for Snake Valley pipeline. Water sharing » Draft calls for monitoring of groundwater withdrawals, delays pipeline decision until 2019.
• Nevada Water Authority shaken by growing push-back to their effort to drain groundwater from under the Nevada desert.
• Utah, Nevada nearing deal on Snake Valley aquifer

For keeping updated on this issue so important to Nevada and Utah wildlife and desert ecology. Great Basin Water Network.
Also see Protect Snake Valley. com