Heat Wave reducing water supply
Overview It's August 3, 2026, with a temperature expected to hit 113 degrees here in Clark County, Nevada. For Clark County, August is typically the hottest or second-hottest month of…
Tax-Subsidized water consuming Data Centers argued
In Nevada, Democratic Governor challenger Attorney General Aaron Ford is not taking positions on a proposal that taxpayers subsidize a water-consuming data center approved on federal land outside Boulder City. [i]…
BOR proposes Water Cuts:
While Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo pushes water-consuming data center growth, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) proposes to cut up to 3 million acre‑feet of Colorado River water annually from Arizona,…
Colorado River: Lake Mead crisis Update and Warning.
Since 2000, the Colorado River Basin, including its Virgin and Muddy River tributaries in Clark County, Nevada, has experienced the driest period in over 100 years of historical natural-flow records,…
Reclamation Acts to Protect Colorado River System During Historic Drought
For Release: April 17, 2026 Contact: Communications@usbr.gov Reclamation Acts to Protect Colorado River System During Historic Drought. The prolonged drought, combined with the lowest winter snowpack on record is requiring swift actions to protect this vital water system WASHINGTON –…
Sen. Masto (D-Nev) pushes through Laterial Pipeline project with ecosystem protestions for Southern Nevada.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) passed her bill to allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to construct a new water pipeline to provide water delivery redundancy…
Declining Freshwater Availability in the Colorado RiverBasin Threatens Sustainability of Its Critical GroundwaterSupplies
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 52, Issue 10 May 2025 By Karem Abdelmohsen, James S. Famiglietti, Yufei Zoe Ao, Behshad Mohajer, and Hrishikesh A. Chandanpurkar Overview: Groundwater depletion in the Colorado…
