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Uncertainty Drive Water Planning Along The Colorado River, Authorities Say

By December 20, 2020Climate Change, Colorado River, COVID-19, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), The Economy, Virgin River, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)1 Comment

Balancing growth with climate change and the economic impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic creates a high-level of uncertainty for water planners along the Colorado River Basin, according to the…

Walker River Grant Announced

By Andrew Davey November 10, 2020Climate Change, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy, walker lake

[Editor's note: On September 17, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled after oral arguments in the Walker Case" that the public trust doctrine is embedded in current water law and disallows the relocation…

Virgin Valley Water Board Blames City Council For Increase Costs

By October 7, 2020Climate Change, News and information, On The Water Front, Opinions, The Economy, Virgin River, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)

Note: Mike McGreer is a candidate for the Mesquite seat on the Virgin Valley Water Board November election. Mesquite, NV. As expected, the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) on Tuesday…

Dry Well, Water Levels And Fracking

By August 25, 2020Climate Change, Education, On The Water Front, Opinions, The Economy, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)

Mike McGreer is running for the Mesquite seat on the Virgin Valley Water Board. Mesquite, NV. The Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) spent $2,280,885 to abandon a well (#34) because…

What A Peacefull Protest Looks Like

By Doyle June 4, 20202020 Election, Affordable housing, Alt Energy, Census, Clean Indoor Air, Climate Change, Colorado River, Editorials, Features, Golf Industry, High Speed Internet, Immigration, Nevada Legislature, On The Water Front, Opinions, Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), Uncategorized, Veterans, Virgin River, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), walker lake, Yucca Mountain

https://youtu.be/udmZhrl98VI Mesquite, Nevada is the latest town to have a Black Lives Matter protest. In the searing 106 degree heat, over 150 protesters marched for justice following the memorial service…

Horsford Defense Local Water Source

By December 2, 2019Climate Change, Colorado River, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy, Virgin River

Mesquite, Nev. — On Tuesday, November 26, 2019, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) wrote a letter to the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada to oppose an impending oil and gas…

Fracking Earthquakes

By November 26, 2019Alt Energy, Climate Change, Colorado River, On The Water Front, The Economy, Virgin River

Hydraulic fracturing works by mixing available water [i] with ‘fracking fluid and injecting the mix, under high pressure, to make thousands of extremely small 'micro-earthquakes' in deep well holes. These…

Beneficial Use of Fracking Water Considered

By November 25, 2019Climate Change, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy

Oil and gas companies are increasingly treating and reusing flow-back water from fracked wells, which, unlike freshwater, is very high in salt, with good results. The practice scales down the…

Water For Fracking in Nevada’s Great Basin Identified

By November 20, 2019Alt Energy, Climate Change, Colorado River, Health, Nevada Legislature, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy, Virgin River, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)

At least nine of fourteen aquifers in Nevada's Great Basin would likely provide water should natural gas fracking occur on federal lands in Nevada’s Great Basin where their exists oil…

Fracking For Nevada’s Natural Gas

By November 5, 2019Climate Change, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy

Currently, Nevada lacks even marginal gas reserves, and only a limited amount of natural gas is produced.[i] According to the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, there were five hydraulically fractured…

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