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Gibbons leaves water law off Nevada’s special session agenda, for now

Posted by: Maven on February 17, 2010 at 5:17 am

From the Las Vegas Sun:

“Gov. Jim Gibbons doesn’t plan to ask the Legislature to consider changing state water law during its special session, despite a recent court ruling that has potentially jeopardized an estimated 14,000 water rights statewide.

Allen Biaggi, director of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, said the focus of the session must be on the ailing state economy.

A Nevada Supreme Court ruling overturned rural water rights awarded to the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The court ruled in January that state Engineer Tracy Taylor violated the law in 2007 when he approved rights for the water authority to withdraw 40,000 acre feet a year from Spring Valley in Eastern Nevada. The court ruled the state’s decision was not made within the one-year limit. … “

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February 17, 2010 · Filed Under Las Vegas & Nevada

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