As Water Declines So Can The Economy
After nearly five decades of steady population and construction growth, Nevada, like most of the United States, was hard hit by the 2007-08 economic downturn. Nonetheless, the area shows signs…
Virgin Valley Water Board Out-of-Step With Water Availability
The Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), Mesquite, NV is putting the cart before the horse when it comes to water management. During a recent meeting, the water board agreed to…
Effluent Included in Nevada Water Management
According to the University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center, between 60 and 65 percent of the water that goes down a home's drain has the potential to be reused.…
2017 Legislation Sets Management Guidelines on Nevada Water
On June 9, 2017, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed Senate Bill 47, which declared it a state policy to manage Nevada’s surface and groundwater resources conjunctively, and not as a…
Update: Lake Mead 2019 Shortfall Averted
Update: The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) is projecting that Lake Mead will end 2018 about four and half feet about the shortage declaration cutoff of 1,075 feet in elevation. Lower…
The Great Virgin Valley Water Grab
In August Nevada State Water Engineer Jason King denied 26 Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) applications to pump 83,988 Acre Feet Annually (AFA) of underground water from 101 wells and…
What is the Purpose of the Virgin Valley Water District?
What is the purpose of the Virgin Valley Water District? And, another question: What Does a Rational Observer think about the VVWD? Section 1.3 of the Virgin Valley Water District…
Wolf Creek Attorney Asks Court To Move Ahead With Suit Against Water Board.
Mesquite, NV Aug. 15, 2018. Jeffrey Sylvester, attorney for Paradise Canyon LLC (Wolf Creek), has asked that a Clark County District Court judge “not dismiss a frivolous motion to dismiss…
Water Supply Clarifies Population Growth
Members of the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB),[i] the Districts manager, Kevin Brown and their Hydrologist Aaron Bunker think that population growth drives water supply. They are dangerously wrong. …
Drought Contingency Plan To Alter Water Shortage Guidelines for Arizona, Nevada and California
Editors Note: The Arizona led Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) may alter the amount of water supplied by the Lower Colorado and its Muddy and Virgin River tributaries to Lake Mead.…
