A major theme of the hearings was that overpumping of the aquifer could wreak environmental havoc on the region as explained by hydrologist experts at the hearing. Representatives from the Southern Nevada Water Authority predictably testified that there would be no problems if 100,000 acre feet of water were withdrawn from the water. Again remember ...
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Administrative review before the Nevada State Engineer will begin this week to determine the wisdom of pumping 200,000 acre feet of groundwater from Eastern Nevada and Western Utah. For everyone involved there is a lot at stake with the Southern Nevada Water Authority expressing a lot of concern since the water from the Colorado River ...
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A group of protestants in Eastern Nevada recently challenged Nevada Water Law that prohibits them from qualifying as a "protestant" in challenging the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plan to pump billions of gallons of water from the area. The case filed in Ely involved two judges who were both directly related to either plaintiffs in ...
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