Jury To Hear Lack Of Good Faith Argument In Water Board Price Setting Case
Las Vegas, NV. In less than 10-minutes, a Las Vegas Judge put the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair dealing by the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) into a future…
Rep. Lee (Nev-03) Appointed To Key House Subcommittees
Rep. Lee to Join Energy and Water Subcommittee with Critical Jurisdiction Over Yucca Mountain, Along with Subcommittees on Environmental and Veterans Issues WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) was…
Uncertainty Drive Water Planning Along The Colorado River, Authorities Say
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…
Mesquite Water Board Defense in Law Suit Based On “reporter” Investigation, Attorney Argues
Las Vegas, Nv. For about 10-billable hours, over two court days, the publicly paid attorney for the Virgin Valley Water District (VVWD), Mesquite, Nv. babbled on-and-on about the use of…
Water Board Defies Legislative Policy In Important Water Study
Mesquite, Nv. Tonight, the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) voted to spend $45,000 on a water study that violates Nevada water policy in an apparent act of legislative defiance. And…
Public Trust Doctrine disallows reallocation of adjudicated water rights, Nevada Supreme Court says.
On Sept 17, the Nevada Supreme Court[i] ruled after oral arguments in the Walker Case”[ii] [iii] that the public trust doctrine is embedded in current water law[iv] and disallows the…
Logical Inconsistencies Drive VVWB Policy On Water: Endanger Community
Mesquite, NV. The Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) plans to spend $41,573,374 in capital expenses to improve the local water infrastructure to meet their projections of growth over the next…
Public Interest Considered In Water Re-Allocations
On June 15, 2020, Tim Wilson, the Nevada State Water Engineer, issued order 1309. That order held that the public's interest in the Moapa dace had equal rights to those…
What A Peacefull Protest Looks Like
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…
High County News Interviews Ten Tribes Leader On Colorado River Issues
Anna V. Smith INTERVIEW March 10, 2020 High Country News spoke with Daryl Vigil (Jicarilla Apache, Jemez Pueblo and Zia Pueblo), water administrator for the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Vigil, the interim executive…
