When Is Drought Not A Drought? The “New Normal.”
A publication of the Colorado River Research Group Words are important. In current Colorado River water management, perhaps no word is used (and misused) more than drought. To most people,…
VVWB Pricing: A Clear And Present Danger To The Community Served (5 of 5)
All sources of water within the boundaries of the state, above and below ground, belong to the public [[i]].” The Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) has modified the intent of…
VVWB Price Setting 2006-2010 (4 of 5)
When Kraig Hafen left the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) he asked his friend Ted Miller to run for his seat in 2006. [i] In a deposition, Miller stated that Hafen tasked…
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…
