Nevada
January 29, 2010--Nevada water pipeline: In jeopardy? (Los Angeles Times)
The Nevada Supreme Court dealt a huge blow Thursday to Las Vegas officials’ controversial plan to siphon water from the state’s rural north, saying that a faulty application process invalidates the south's claim to tens of thousands of acre-feet of water.
December 13, 2009--Wildlife guzzlers gouge water rift between Nevada resource agencies (Los Angeles Times)
Wildlife guzzlers—contraptions that capture rainwater and melting snow in remote places for thirsty animals to drink — have triggered a turf war between two Nevada resource agencies. Members of the state Board of Agriculture argue that as their numbers increase, guzzlers are altering the landscape and taking precious resources, whether water or forage, from ranchers.
November 22, 2009--EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells (Denver Post)
A new wave of testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that 79 percent of the wells tested north of a World War II-era copper mine in Nevada have dangerous levels of uranium or arsenic or both that make the water unsafe to drink. The source of the pollution is a groundwater plume that has slowly migrated from the 6-square-mile mine site.
November 13, 2009--Nuclear scars: Tainted water runs beneath Nevada desert (Los Angeles Times)
A sea of ancient water tainted by the Cold War is creeping deep under the volcanic peaks, dry lake beds and pinyon pine forests covering a vast tract of Nevada. Over 41 years, the federal government detonated 921 nuclear warheads underground at the Nevada Test Site, 75 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
October 28, 2009--Vegas water agency vows fight for groundwater plan (Denver Post)
Southern Nevada water administrators plan to challenge a judge's ruling that blocks a multibillion-dollar plan to tap groundwater from a vast swath of eastern Nevada and pipe it to Las Vegas, an authority official said Wednesday. "It is our intention to appeal," Southern Nevada Water Authority spokesman Scott Huntley said.
October 5, 2009--Silenced springs? (High Country News)
Springs in Snake Valley face a new threat: the Southern Nevada Water Authority's controversial plan to pump groundwater from Snake and other remote valleys and ship it south, to the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
September 30, 2009--West's water needs differ (Pueblo Chieftain)
States across the West are facing the same dilemma as Colorado: Too many people and not enough water. Their
circumstances may be different, but the app- roaches instructive for
Colorado as it deals with what could become a crisis in the future. Water
officials from other states shared how they are coping at a conference
sponsored by the Western State Water Council this week.
September 30, 2009--Alternative energy projects stumble on a need for water (New York Times)
In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of
salvation seemed to arrive last year. A German developer, Solar
Millennium, announced plans to build two large solar farms here that
would harness the sun to generate electricity, creating hundreds of
jobs. But then things got messy.
September 6, 2009--Critics say new Nevada whitewater park harms fish (Denver Post)
Bubbling
up from the churning waters that flow from Lake Tahoe are worries that
the new whitewater park will harm the threatened Lahontan cutthroat
trout and other fish in a stretch of the river that had some of the
last natural fish habitat within the city's limits.
August 18, 2009--Union Pacific Agrees to Restore Nevada Streams, Wetlands (Envrionmental Network News)
Union Pacific Railroad Company has agreed to
settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act in Nevada by restoring
122 acres of mountain desert streams and wetlands at an estimated cost of $31
million.
