WATER DISTRICT PLACES CAP ON MESQUITE GROWTH
By Mark Hill Mesquite's Growth will end in 2035, according to the Virgin Valley Water District's (VVWD) revised water Conservation plan. Based on an annual growth rate of 3.5%, VVWD…
Water managers see pain across drought-stricken West
BY: JENIFFER SOLIS - MONDAY DECEMBER 19, 2022 5:25 AM The water level behind the Hoover Dam as of March 2nd, 2022. (Photo: Christopher Clark, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) Water authorities in the…
Judge delays water rate trial until next year.
Three days before trial, Virgin Valley Water District Board (VVWDB) attorney Jedidiah (Bo) Bingham said he was not ready after four and one-half years of litigation and 11 previous vacated…
Water Rate Issue Set For Trial
Authors note: The four-year, five-month-old civil Case filed by the owners of Paradise Canyon (DBA the Wolf Creek Golf Course of Mesquite, NV. vs. the local Virgin Valley Water District…
Water Board Attorney Loses Another Motion As Water Case Nears Trial.
On September 6, Las Vegas District Court Judge Timothy Williams again ruled against Virgin Valley Water District Board (VVWDB) attorney Jedidiah (Bo) Bingham of Bingham, Snow, and Caldwell. This four-year,…
Colorado River Project
Click on the banner, here or the first sentence under Goals to enter the project site Goals This project explores alternative Colorado River water supply and river management strategies. Our…
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
This historic legislation will: Deliver clean water to all American families and eliminate the nation’s lead service lines The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will invest $55 billion to expand access to…
Powell and Mead Water Reduced by 15% to Deal With Drought
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022— As the worsening drought crisis continues to impact communities across the West, the Department of the Interior today announced urgent action to improve and protect…
Groundwater pumping has significantly reduced US stream flows
by University of Arizona The circles from this satellite image are crops in southwestern Kansas watered by central pivot irrigation, which draws water from a well in the center of each…
Lake Mead Keeps Dropping
By NASA Earth Observatory July 6, 2000 July 3, 2002 Continuing a 22-year downward trend, water levels in Lake Mead stand at their lowest since April 1937, when the reservoir was…
