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Group to protest applications to draw water from rural Nevada

Posted by: Maven on March 20, 2010 at 4:49 am

From the Las Vegas Sun:

“A group composed of ranchers, miners, environmentalists and others intends to lodge objections to the newly filed 146 applications of the Southern Nevada Water Authority to draw water from rural counties to populous Las Vegas.

Abby Johnson of the Great Basin Water Network, which won a decision in the Nevada Supreme Court over the water authority, says it will file its protests to the applications that seek 250,000 acre-feet of water from several counties in eastern Nevada.

Great Basin wasn’t operating in 1989 when the water authority filed its first applications for water in rural Nevada. But it was the lead plaintiff in the suit to overturn the decision of the state engineer’s office to allocate 40,000 acre-feet of water from Spring Valley. … “

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March 20, 2010 · Filed Under Las Vegas & Nevada

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