Defenders' Experts
Nevada Ground Water
Date Filed: 08/01/2006
Case Status: Active
Great Basin Water Network v. Taylor
Litigation regarding the Nevada State Engineer's refusal to provide for public participation in relation to groundwater development proposals in southern and eastern Nevada, the largest of which is the Southern Nevada Water Authority's (SNWA) Clark, Lincoln and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project. Originally proposed in 1989, this project would authorize SNWA to pump approximately 200,000 acre-feet of groundwater from rural counties and convey that water to the greater Las Vegas area by a regional infrastructure threatening numerous Refuges and Parks in the area.
