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The Lake Mead Data Don’t Look Good

GBWNMay 27, 2026

We’ve never seen anything like it. This month’s predictions from the federal government about future elevations of Lake Mead during the next two years are the scariest ever released. In 2000, Lake Mead’s elevations hovered around 1200 feet above sea…

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Lithium Proposal Faces Setback

GBWNMay 27, 2026

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Utah water regulators will reconsider their approval of a permit for a Texas-based company vowing to tap deep brines in highly connected aquifers in the Great Salt Lake Desert. In late April, the Utah State Engineer approved a water rights…

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Lower Basin Offers More Conservation, Upper Basin Offers Nothing

GBWNMay 6, 2026

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Lower Basin water managers have an uphill battle ahead of them. The task of managing low flows, shrinking reservoirs and the 21st Century’s arid shifts is not without sacrifice or ingenuity. In the first days of May, officials from Arizona,…

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Utah Regulator Approves Lithium Project Near Great Basin National Park

GBWNMay 6, 2026

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Utah regulators recently approved a lithium mining project dependent upon groundwater systems that serve sensitive wildlife habitat, recreation, and agricultural operations in Snake Valley. GBWN partnered with local agricultural producers, Living Rivers, and the Center for Biological Diversity to request…

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NEW BILLBOARD: PIPELINE WILL COST CEDAR CITY

GBWNNovember 19, 2025

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Hundreds of dollars. That’s how much more customers of the Central Iron County Water District could pay per month for water in the coming years. And, go figure, public officials are not touting that bit of information when they gin…

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WATCH: Crypto, AI Thirsty for Data Centers

GBWNJuly 21, 2025

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During the past few years, GBWN has been watching and tracking developments related to data centers — and the water that is necessary to power them. New and emerging technologies are driving up interest in ways we've never seen before.…

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DO COMMUNITIES WANT THE CEDAR CITY PIPELINE AND WATER GRAB? THE ANSWER IS NO

GBWNJune 10, 2025

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The Bureau of Land Management is reviving the permitting effort for the Cedar City Pipeline and West Desert Water Grab. This effort to siphon water away from rural counties in Utah and Nevada will have far-reaching impacts for centuries to…

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A Bill for Publicly Traded Water Developers Hangs in the Balance

GBWNApril 11, 2025

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Water Warriors, Legislation backed by publicly traded water developer Vidler could move through the Nevada Legislature without your assistance. Today is a major deadline day, and we need this bill to perish. Help us by sending a message to…

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A GIANT LOOPHOLE EXISTS IN LAW FOR MAJOR GROUNDWATER PUMPERS. IS IT TIME TO CLOSE IT?

GBWNFebruary 20, 2025

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After hearing from the concerned public, Assemblymember Selena La Rue-Hatch introduced AB109 to ensure that all industrial uses of water in Nevada undergo a review by the state’s top water regulator and receive a permit for their use. Currently, certain industries…

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NV and UT Water Conservation Bills To Watch in 2025

GBWNFebruary 6, 2025

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Keep a close eye on these bills working their way through the statehouses in the nation's driest states. In Nevada, watch AB109, AB134, AB9 and AB104. These are the efforts that will focus on conserving and protecting the…

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