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.…
When Is Drought Not A Drought? The “New Normal.”
A publication of the Colorado River Research Group Words are important. In current Colorado River water management, perhaps no word is used (and misused) more than drought. To most people,…
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).…
VVWB Irrigation Water Pricing 2018 (1 of 5)
Editor's note: This is the first of five articles identifying the shareholders of Virgin River water who sat on the Virgin River Water Board (VVWB) between 1992 and 2010. During…
VVWB Price Setting 2000 to 2005 (3 of 5)
Editors Note 2: In Nevada, the average purchase of off-Farm Surface Water for 2008 was $7.20 per AFA. By 2013 it has raised to $13.60 per AFA. March 18, 2018…
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…
