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Old 04-14-2011, 03:27 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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I agree that Las Vegas isn't sitting on a lot of brackish water but within a radius of 200 miles the supply could be there. Anyway, if SNWA wants to spend billions on a pipeline, why not build a pipeline to an ocean?

As for the pipeline to Lincoln County, what exactly is it's current legal status? Last month the Central Nevada Regional Water Authority formally filed protests with the State Engineer over the proposed SNWA plan to pump water out of Lincoln County.

The Ely Times - elynews.com :: News: Central Nevada Water (http://www.elynews.com/articles/2011/03/25/news/news14.txt - broken link)

The water issue is both political and legal.
Political. The legal stuff is all set by the legislature which is political and controlled by Southern Nevada. The basic claim is clear and pretty solid. One gets water in NV by being the first one to claim it and then establishing beneficial use once your claim is verified by the State Engineer. The only way SNWA can lose is if called upon to put the water to beneficial use and they don't they could lose their claim. But as long as it is tied up in the State Engineer's office they don't need to do a thing but continue to defend it.

Note that "first in time first in line" water policy is a western thing. Not done that way in the east.
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Old 04-14-2011, 08:43 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I agree that Las Vegas isn't sitting on a lot of brackish water but within a radius of 200 miles the supply could be there. Anyway, if SNWA wants to spend billions on a pipeline, why not build a pipeline to an ocean?

As for the pipeline to Lincoln County, what exactly is it's current legal status? Last month the Central Nevada Regional Water Authority formally filed protests with the State Engineer over the proposed SNWA plan to pump water out of Lincoln County.

The Ely Times - elynews.com :: News: Central Nevada Water (http://www.elynews.com/articles/2011/03/25/news/news14.txt - broken link)

The water issue is both political and legal.
Do you just like saying (typing) "brackish water"? We're in the middle of a desert where there is almost no agriculture like you'll find in Arizona. In a 200 mile radius around the Las Vegas Valley is nothing but miles and miles of miles and miles. As it is, some of our brown water in town is used for landscaping. Go to Muni Golf Course sometime and do a sniff test. Some hotels have their own brown water treatment plants for their lakes and landscaping. Water from the sewers goes into a treatment plant and is then put back into Lake Mead. It is my understanding that we get credit for that. Apparently there would be no economical or hydrological reason for what you suggest here in Nevada. Shooting the ranchers for killing all the wildlife, and trampling all the native vegetation, then giving their stinking cows to the poor, makes more sense.
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Old 04-15-2011, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Henderson
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Do you just like saying (typing) "brackish water"? We're in the middle of a desert where there is almost no agriculture like you'll find in Arizona. In a 200 mile radius around the Las Vegas Valley is nothing but miles and miles of miles and miles. As it is, some of our brown water in town is used for landscaping. Go to Muni Golf Course sometime and do a sniff test. Some hotels have their own brown water treatment plants for their lakes and landscaping. Water from the sewers goes into a treatment plant and is then put back into Lake Mead. It is my understanding that we get credit for that. Apparently there would be no economical or hydrological reason for what you suggest here in Nevada. Shooting the ranchers for killing all the wildlife, and trampling all the native vegetation, then giving their stinking cows to the poor, makes more sense.
Come on, Buzz, it's like what, 225 miles from Las Vegas to Los Angeles? Anyway, the vast majority of brackish water in the US is contained in deep sedimentary rock structures that exist below the fresh water aquifers and are the remains of prehistoric seas that once existed. While it doesn't appear that that geology is close to Las Vegas, certainly there is plenty of agricultural run off in the Imperial Valley to use.

Yes, Nevada is the driest State in the Union. All the more reason NOT to make the situation worse than it already is. The Las Vegas valley has sunk 6 feet from all the groundwater pumped out of its aquifer and if it wasn't for the imported water this place would be extemely dry, a regular dust bowl..

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Old 04-15-2011, 12:56 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR / Las Vegas, NV
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We could fill Lake Mead with our extra rain.

Monthly Weather Forecast for Portland, OR (97220) - weather.com

I can't wait to get back to the desert.
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Old 04-16-2011, 01:26 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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It's 275 miles to LA, but who's counting? The Imperial Valley is in California, not Nevada, and I don't think they'd let us have even their sewer water. Sorry, just sounds like a pipe dream ..."pipe dream" ...get it.
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Old 04-16-2011, 01:56 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR / Las Vegas, NV
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We could fill Lake Mead with our extra rain.

Monthly Weather Forecast for Portland, OR (97220) - weather.com

I can't wait to get back to the desert.
We've already exceeded our April average rainfall and we're only half way through the month.
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Old 04-16-2011, 05:05 AM
 
Location: Henderson
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It's 275 miles to LA, but who's counting? The Imperial Valley is in California, not Nevada, and I don't think they'd let us have even their sewer water. Sorry, just sounds like a pipe dream ..."pipe dream" ...get it.
You forget, Buzz, that California has all the water it will ever need. It's called the Pacific Ocean.
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Old 04-16-2011, 05:20 AM
 
Location: Henderson
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Political. The legal stuff is all set by the legislature which is political and controlled by Southern Nevada. The basic claim is clear and pretty solid. One gets water in NV by being the first one to claim it and then establishing beneficial use once your claim is verified by the State Engineer. The only way SNWA can lose is if called upon to put the water to beneficial use and they don't they could lose their claim. But as long as it is tied up in the State Engineer's office they don't need to do a thing but continue to defend it.

Note that "first in time first in line" water policy is a western thing. Not done that way in the east.
Political and legal. The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution which guarantees due process of law and the federal law requiring environmental impact statements. I think that there is a growing awareness in Nevada that pumping the huge amounts of groundwater from the northern counties like SNWA wants to do will cause irreparable harm to the ecology of the area.

The fact is that the likelihood of SNWA actually building the pipeline to the northern counties goes down in time because technology has produced other sustainable alternatives that get better going forward and because there is no crisis that requires immediate action. Las Vegas has the highest per capita water use of any Southwestern city so there is a LOT that can be done to conserve the water we currently have.
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Old 04-16-2011, 05:34 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Default how big of a concern?

I'm about 80% convinced that I should move to LV from NJ. The taxes and RE costs alone are compelling.

I wouldn't need a pool or fancy landscaping. I'm leaning towards making the move.
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Old 04-16-2011, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Henderson
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I'm about 80% convinced that I should move to LV from NJ. The taxes and RE costs alone are compelling.

I wouldn't need a pool or fancy landscaping. I'm leaning towards making the move.
Not a big concern at all. For all we know the Rockies might have above average snowfall for the next 10 years.
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