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…
Water Rights and Public Trust Question Sent to Nevada Supreme Court.
Carson City, NV, On Tuesday, May 22, The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requested the Nevada Supreme Court to rule on a major issue of Nevada…
Local Water Board Inflates Value of Water to Benefit Shareholders (2 of 5)
Mesquite, NV May 24, 2018 Tuesday evening the Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), finalized an agreement to lease irrigation water at 6 times the average lease rate for irrigation water…
“You Learn the Value of Water When the Well Runs Dry.”
https://youtu.be/O_uANbjviYs Clark County, NV, May 21, 2018 As the General Manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) between 1991 and 2014, Pat Mulroy warned that low snow packs…
