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Just today the draft agreement between Utah and Nevada was circulated for public review. Public hearings to be held next week in various locales that includes Salt Lake City and Delta. The rhetoric evident from Utah state press releases is that the agreement equitably allocates water to [...] Both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News are reporting that state officials in UT and NV will soon come to an agreement on the controversial pipeline from the Snake Valley to Las Vegas in the near future. Some had thought that the UT Governor to be Gary Herbert [...] We understand that the Utah negotiating team is close to finalizing an agreement with the State of Nevada which would allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump thousands of acre feet of water annually from Utah ’s Snake Valley to Las Vegas. As Governor, Gary Herbert will have the authority [...] The Southern Nevada Water Authority has formerly sought to exclude “interested persons” from an upcoming hearing on the city’s proposal to export huge quantities of underground water from Snake Valley. Such interested persons or parties include Utah cities, counties, Indian Tribes, environmentalists, ranchers, and others. If Vegas is successful in excluding all of the stakeholders [...] Nicely written Defenders of Wildlife Report highlights some of the fundamental problems of the plan including the discrepancy between the amount of money Southern Nevada spends on water development vs. water conservation. The SNWA spends $103 on the former vs. $19 on the latter. The cost of the pipeline is a great concern with estimates [...] |
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