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In Nevada, all water sources within the State’s boundaries, above and below ground, belong to the public. Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 533.025 and 534.020.
- Southern Nevada Water Authority Virgin, Muddy River and Coyote Spring Valley Leases and Purchases August, 2023Push link on purchase order
- 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 trust doctrine applies in Nevada and clarify that the doctrine applies to all waters within the state, including those previously allocated under the prior appropriation,”…
- 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 rights for the Walker Lake Paiute Tribe (the Tribe). The case resulted in the Walker River Decree (the Decree) in 1936, [1]which adjudicated the water…
- Virgin Valley Water Board Virgin River Stock Purchases 1993-2010Article 8, Section 9 of the Nevada Constitution, known as the gift clause. That article states: “The State shall not donate or loan money, or its credit, subscribe to or be, interested in the Stock of any company, association, or corporation, except corporations formed for educational or charitable purposes.” “I’m not sure how much water…
- The Colorado River water crisis: Its origin and the future by Schmidt, Yackulic and KuhnBy John C. Schmidt, Charles B. Yackulic, Eric Kuhn The Colorado River water-supply crisis is real and ongoing. Although the root cause of the problem is declining runoff in a warming climate, the proximate cause is society’s inability to adaptively respond to declining runoff that has been occurring for more than 20 years. There is no longer an…
