Public Meeting on

Draft Snake valley groundwater report

What: Public meeting

Who: Kimball E. Goddard, Director, USGS Nevada Water Science Center

When: 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 26, 2007

Where:  Auditorium, Utah Department of Natural Resources,1594 West North Temple

Why:  A final review of the draft Basin and Range Carbonate Aquifer System Study (BARCASS), is nearing completion.  The public draft report will be ready in July 2007.  The six-million dollar project is being completed in an effort to improve the understanding of groundwater in Western Utah/Eastern Nevada (Snake Valley area).  Anyone interested in the latest scientific information about water resources in the remote part of Utah/Nevada, which is now embroiled in a controversy with Southern Nevada over the export of water to the Las Vegas area, is invited to attend.