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Cortez Masto, Rosen Applaud $20 Million in EPA Funding for Clean Water

By February 27, 2020News and information, On The Water Front, Virgin River, walker lake

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for awarding $20.6 million in State Revolving Funds (SRFs) to Nevada to…

Oral Arguments Set In Public Trust Vs. Water “Rights”Case

By February 25, 2020News and information, On The Water Front, walker lake1 Comment

At 11 a.m. on March 3, the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City will hear oral argument in what is commonly referred to as “The Walker Lake Case.”[i],[ii] In 1882,…

Need For Pro Bono Attorney In Water Case Questioned

By December 6, 2019News and information, On The Water Front, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) recently received a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to hire lawyers to provide pro bono legal…

Horsford Defense Local Water Source

By December 2, 2019Climate Change, Colorado River, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy, Virgin River

Mesquite, Nev. — On Tuesday, November 26, 2019, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) wrote a letter to the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada to oppose an impending oil and gas…

Beneficial Use of Fracking Water Considered

By November 25, 2019Climate Change, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy

Oil and gas companies are increasingly treating and reusing flow-back water from fracked wells, which, unlike freshwater, is very high in salt, with good results. The practice scales down the…

Water For Fracking in Nevada’s Great Basin Identified

By November 20, 2019Alt Energy, Climate Change, Colorado River, Health, Nevada Legislature, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy, Virgin River, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)

At least nine of fourteen aquifers in Nevada's Great Basin would likely provide water should natural gas fracking occur on federal lands in Nevada’s Great Basin where their exists oil…

Fracking For Nevada’s Natural Gas

By November 5, 2019Climate Change, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy

Currently, Nevada lacks even marginal gas reserves, and only a limited amount of natural gas is produced.[i] According to the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, there were five hydraulically fractured…

Fracking in Nevada’s Great Basin Inevitable

By November 3, 2019Alt Energy, Climate Change, Colorado River, Features, Health, News and information, On The Water Front, The Economy

It is only a matter of time until portions of the Great Basin in Nevada are open to fracking. Federal taxpayers own significant oil and natural gas reserves on federal…

SNWA Water Grab Hearing Set

By October 22, 2019News and information, On The Water Front, Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)

Ely, NV. Senior District t Court Judge Robert Estes will hear the next round of arguments concerning the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA’s) desire to pump hundreds of thousands of…

BBM Media Reporter Supports Water District Attorney In Character Assassinations. Part 6 of 6

By September 2, 2019News and information, On The Water Front, Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), Virgin River, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)

Mesquite, NV., Last Wednesday Barbara Ellestad for Battle Born Media (BBM), published her last opinion piece stating her opinion of the case between the owners of the Wolf Creek Golf…

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