A new report led by the Utah Rivers Council highlights a startling fact about the Colorado River: As Upper Basin States call for more dams and pipelines, they are actually overusing their allocations to the dwindling river. The…
Record-breaking drought along the Wasatch Front forces tough decisions about water supply.
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Utah, like most of the Desert Southwest, is facing major water shortages. To help supply the demand, officials are attempting to pipe freshwater into…
Iron County had one of the driest and warmest years on record in 2021. At a packed public meeting county officials laid out the plans for the future of water resources in the area.
The Central Iron County Water Conservancy District faced hundreds of concerned citizens Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
The Great Basin Water District was in attendance, and made your voice heard.
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The Mineral County Independent News recently posted a recap of the most recent issue of "Water Grab," a publication of the Great Basin Water Network. You can read more by clinking the button below!
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Great Basin Water Network's Kyle Roerink joined the team from WBUR's "On Point" to discuss the hard realities of water in the West.
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Guests Richard White, professor of American history, emeritus at Stanford University. Kyle Roerink,…
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Unbeknownst to many Nevadans, the Southern Nevada Water Authority owns a vast ranching operation hundreds of miles outside of Las Vegas. KLAS spoke with ranchers who say they are being bullied and run out of business by the…
The Cedar City Water Grab will pump billions of gallons of water away from basins in Utah's West Desert and parts of Eastern Nevada. The project proponents are advocating for this expensive boondoggle in lieu of doing more cost-efficient…
On Thursday, a coalition of elected officials, businesses, ag interests, and conservationists from across the Colorado River Basin will gather at Hoover Dam to demand that lawmakers and federal water managers impose a moratorium on wasteful, water-depleting dam and diversion…
Baker, NV – Today the Great Basin Water Network released the following statement after the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining held a hearing on the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act,…
Last week, New York Times reporter Alan Burdick spoke with GBWN on the non-functional turf ban made possible by AB356 in the Nevada legislative session. The piece highlighted an important point: What are the limits of the Mojave Desert?…
On May 21, 2020, the SNWA “deferred” its Groundwater Development Project AKA the Las Vegas Pipeline. That was the conclusion to a monumental fight over specific water rights applications and a Right of Way application on federal land. That opposition…
After votes in both chambers of the Nevada Legislature, tribal elders and leaders released the following statements after the Senate passage of AB171 and AJR4, legislation to protect the Bahsahwahbee sacred tribal site in rural Nevada. AB171 offers new state-level…
A group of more than 20 stakeholders is investigating the future of adjudicating and reviewing water cases in Nevada. Like most things involving water, there will be an array of opinions on the matter. This spring, the Nevada Supreme Court…
The West Desert Water Grab proposal from Cedar City, Utah is a dark horse riding in the areas that are near and dear to our hearts. The Central Iron County Water Conservancy District (CICWCD) filed applications for water in Pine,…
Late last year, the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index started trading futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. This phenomenon has yet to come to Nevada or Utah. But there are efforts to create the type of marketplace that could eventually…
The most controversial and contentious water bill of the Utah legislative session, which ended in March, ramps up the state’s efforts to push back against concerns of the other six Colorado River Compact states about the legality and regional impacts…
The Californiacation of Utah and Nevada’s water is happening right before our eyes. The question is: What are we going to do about it?
For the past few weeks, an old Armenian proverb has stuck with me: The water goes. The…
As you are reading this, the Nevada legislative session is nearing an end. Many of our bad bills died a wonderful death. And there was one good surprise. This is unusual for us because we are usually fighting for our…
We’ve heard it all before: The Colorado River is not in good shape. Drought, climate change, and population booms are draining Lakes Powell and Mead, which currently supply millions of people via the Colorado River. For the last 20…