VVWB Price Setting 1992-1999 (2 of 5)
Mesquite, NV. July 17, 2018 When formed in 1993, the Virgin Valley Water District (VVWD) took assets from the Bunkerville Water User’s Association and the Mesquite Farmstead Water Association (MFWA).…
VVWB Irrigation Water Pricing 2018 (1 of 5)
Editor's note: This is the first of five articles identifying the shareholders of Virgin River water who sat on the Virgin River Water Board (VVWB) between 1992 and 2010. During…
VVWB Price Setting 2000 to 2005 (3 of 5)
Editors Note 2: In Nevada, the average purchase of off-Farm Surface Water for 2008 was $7.20 per AFA. By 2013 it has raised to $13.60 per AFA. March 18, 2018…
Lawsuit Pushes Water Board To The Limit.
On May 15, 2018, Paradise Canyon LLC, (Wolf Creek golf course) filed a civil suit (A-18-774539-B) against the Virgin Valley Water District Board (VVWB) seeking to halt the District's restrictive…
Water Board Ignores Inconvenient Truth About Water Availability
About 80% of water managed by the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) comes from underground aquifers (Basin 222). The other 20% comes from the Virgin River,[i] a tributary of the…
Water Rights and Public Trust Question Sent to Nevada Supreme Court.
Carson City, NV, On Tuesday, May 22, The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requested the Nevada Supreme Court to rule on a major issue of Nevada…
Local Water Board Inflates Value of Water to Benefit Shareholders (2 of 5)
Mesquite, NV May 24, 2018 Tuesday evening the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), finalized an agreement to lease irrigation water at 6 times the average lease rate for irrigation water…
“You Learn the Value of Water When the Well Runs Dry.”
https://youtu.be/O_uANbjviYs Clark County, NV, May 21, 2018 As the General Manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) between 1991 and 2014, Pat Mulroy warned that low snow packs…
Unresolved Protests Hinder Water Board Development Claims
Editors Note: On April 25, 2018, Barbara Ellestad, a former member of the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), wrote an article in the Mesquite Local News. In the article, she…
Research Findings Dispute Virgin Valley Water Board Claims About Water Development
Editors Note: On April 25, 2018, Barbara Ellestad, a former member of the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), wrote an article in the Mesquite Local News. In the article, she…
