As longtime followers know, we voraciously track regulatory filings. Recent applications in the Nevada State Engineer’s office highlight that developers are pursuing more ill-conceived efforts near Pyramid Lake in a basin that is already over-allocated. But these aren’t just any…

After months of negotiations, seven Western states along the Colorado River have agreed to water cuts over the next three years to help keep two of the main reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, from falling to critically low levels — but…

In a move to stave off a proposed first-in-history drastic reduction by the federal government of water that California, Nevada and Arizona receive from the Colorado River, the trio of Lower Basin states submitted a plan to the U.S. Department…

The Interior Department on Monday said it would review a plan submitted by Arizona, California and Nevada to conserve 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water over the next three years. The plan is the states’ answer to a federal call for major…

Nevada, California and Arizona have reached an agreement on a plan to significantly reduce water use along the Colorado River, a deal that comes after nearly a year’s worth of negotiations over how to save the crumbling river system that…

Nearly a year after the federal government asked the Colorado River Basin states to agree on a plan to save the Colorado River, the states have finally made a deal. But this is just a stopgap solution. Great Basin Water Network's…

For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle Roerink, Executive Director Great Basin Water Network 702-324-9662 kyleroerink@greatbasinwater.org BLM ISSUES A MAJOR SETBACK TO IRON COUNTY WATER GRAB Baker, NV –– Opponents of the proposed Cedar City Pipeline and Water Grab released the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management…

Carson City, NV –– The Great Basin Water Network released the following statement on the release of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Near-Term Operations of the Colorado River. "Any way you look at it, it would be hard…

Nevada lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow the state to buy out water rights and retire them. The program would be administered by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. “This is a good water bill," GBWN's Kyle Roerink…

In Nevada, Bloomberg's Kal Penn investigates the lasting impacts of the Colorado River Compact, the 1922 agreement that doles out water rights to seven states. The system, over-optimistic from the start, is on the verge of collapse as water levels…

The legislation tackles developing issues across the state: Managing Humboldt River where groundwater pumping is connected to the flows of the river; How to share water in the Lower White River Flow System, a collection of groundwater basins outside of Las…