Today, the Great Basin Water Network and Living Rivers released the following statements after the Bureau of Reclamation publicized its August 24-Month Study, which will trigger a Tier 1 Shortage Declaration: 613,000 acre feet worth of cuts in the…
CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPERS APPLY FOR WATER IN GRANITE SPRINGS VALLEY ONCE AGAIN
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…
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…
Tech company Blockchains' water deal is not a done deal, according to court records. State Engineer shows a keen eye for "good deeds." One lesson all parties know: It takes real money to have a water fight in court. …
Empathy and Equity. These are en-vogue terms right now in the water world. And rightfully so. But it is a lot easier to utter them than it is to implement empathetic and equitable policies. Last week, many speakers at the…
Nevada –– The Great Basin Water Network released the following statement after the Bureau of Reclamation issued a Notice to Solicit Comments and Hold Public Scoping Meetings on the Development of Post-2026 Operational Guidelines and Strategies for Lakes Powell and…
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…
In Western water politics, the whiff of money has a way of bringing people together
It is a great unifier.
But, as Wallace Stegner admonished all who live west of the 100th Meridian, there is one “overmastering unity –– the unity…
Nevada –– The Great Basin Water Network released the following statement after the seven Colorado River Basin states announced a deal to rework a new foundation for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Near-Term Colorado River Operations.…
We have a special newsletter for you this week focusing on the water developer Vidler, a company making headlines for its western water operations and actively engaging in the Nevada Legislature, the courts, and the regulatory realm. This year marks…
Nevada lawmakers have an opportunity to protect the public interest and senior water rights by way of AB387, legislation that will ensure we are better recognizing ground and surface water connections. Greedy water developers and real estate interests are corrupting this…
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…
As the old truism goes in the West, when choosing between the history or the legend, stick with the legend — the facts be damned. As proposals for inland ports, lands bills, and tax giveaways make news in Nevada and…
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…