Judge delays water rate trial until next year.
Three days before trial, Virgin Valley Water District Board (VVWDB) attorney Jedidiah (Bo) Bingham said he was not ready after four and one-half years of litigation and 11 previous vacated…
Water Rate Issue Set For Trial
Authors note: The four-year, five-month-old civil Case filed by the owners of Paradise Canyon (DBA the Wolf Creek Golf Course of Mesquite, NV. vs. the local Virgin Valley Water District…
Water Board Attorney Loses Another Motion As Water Case Nears Trial.
On September 6, Las Vegas District Court Judge Timothy Williams again ruled against Virgin Valley Water District Board (VVWDB) attorney Jedidiah (Bo) Bingham of Bingham, Snow, and Caldwell. This four-year,…
Powell and Mead Water Reduced by 15% to Deal With Drought
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022— As the worsening drought crisis continues to impact communities across the West, the Department of the Interior today announced urgent action to improve and protect…
Groundwater pumping has significantly reduced US stream flows
by University of Arizona The circles from this satellite image are crops in southwestern Kansas watered by central pivot irrigation, which draws water from a well in the center of each…
Lake Mead Keeps Dropping
By NASA Earth Observatory July 6, 2000 July 3, 2002 Continuing a 22-year downward trend, water levels in Lake Mead stand at their lowest since April 1937, when the reservoir was…
Lake Mead Hits Anothr Low
BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Lake Mead, the reservoir created by Hoover Dam, is anticipated this week to reach its lowest water level since the lake’s initial filling in the 1930s.…
When Will Mesquite Hit the “Water Wall”?
Editor's Note: The City Council sets the demand for water through zoning and licensing. Once approved, the Water District Board tells the city council that they can deliver water to…
Water Scientist Address Water Conservation: Las Vegas and Mesquite, NV Mentioned
On May 31, 2022, the Desert Valley Times published an article by Suman Naishadham of the Associated Press dealing with how the cities in the West deal with water issues during…
WATER AND GROWTH IN MESQUITE: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
By Mark Hill, Watershed Scientist Climate change, a 20+-year mega-drought in the Southwest and disappearing Colorado River water raises the specter of insufficient water to support our cities and…
