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.…
VVWB Pricing: A Clear And Present Danger To The Community Served (5 of 5)
All sources of water within the boundaries of the state, above and below ground, belong to the public [[i]].” The Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) has modified the intent of…
VVWB Price Setting 2006-2010 (4 of 5)
When Kraig Hafen left the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) he asked his friend Ted Miller to run for his seat in 2006. [i] In a deposition, Miller stated that Hafen tasked…
VVWB Price Setting 1992-1999 (2 of 5)
Mesquite, NV. July 17, 2018 When formed in 1993, the Virgin Valley Water District (VVWD) took assets from the Bunkerville Water User’s Association and the Mesquite Farmstead Water Association (MFWA).…
Lawsuit Pushes Water Board To The Limit.
On May 15, 2018, Paradise Canyon LLC, (Wolf Creek golf course) filed a civil suit (A-18-774539-B) against the Virgin Valley Water District Board (VVWB) seeking to halt the District's restrictive…
Water Board Ignores Inconvenient Truth About Water Availability
About 80% of water managed by the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) comes from underground aquifers (Basin 222). The other 20% comes from the Virgin River,[i] a tributary of the…
