Declining Freshwater Availability in the Colorado RiverBasin Threatens Sustainability of Its Critical GroundwaterSupplies
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 52, Issue 10 May 2025 By Karem Abdelmohsen, James S. Famiglietti, Yufei Zoe Ao, Behshad Mohajer, and Hrishikesh A. Chandanpurkar Overview: Groundwater depletion in the Colorado…
Groundwater over appropriations addressed.
"The water of all sources of water supply within the boundaries of the State, whether above or beneath the surface of the ground, belongs to the public." Nevada Revised Statutes…
Paradise Canyon vs. the VirginValley Water District, A PublicTrust Issue.
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Walker Lake Case
Originally published Sept. 17, 2020 Walker Lake
Trump Court lowers EPA Sewage Treatment Plant enforcement
By Miranda Willson, Pamela King A@E @ A News at Politico On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, “President” Donald Trump’s Supreme Court majority struck down one of EPA’s long-standing tools for ensuring…
Bureau of Reclamation announces $177 million in Colorado River funding.
The Bureau of Reclamation announced nearly $177 million in funding for water projects in Colorado. The funds will help address the impacts of drought and climate change on water supplies…
Southern Nevada Water Authority Virgin, Muddy River and Coyote Spring Valley Leases and Purchases August, 2023
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SNWA and Profiteering Through the Intentionally Created Surplus Doctrine
“Our state's comprehensive water statutes do not permit the reallocation of water rights already adjudicated and settled under the prior appropriation doctrine. In doing so, we reaffirm that the public…
Can Prior Appropriations Coxist With the Public Trust Doctrine?
History 1924 Walker Lake Paiute Tribe water rights In 1924, the United States brought a case in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada to establish water…
