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    COVID-19 Shutdowns Have Minimal Impact On Water Use

    May 07, 2020

    The coronavirus pandemic has hit Nevada hard.

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    Decade-Old Legal Battle Over Nevada Water Pipeline Resumes

    Nov 15, 2019

    ELY, Nev. (AP) — A decade-long legal battle over a plan to pump groundwater from eastern Nevada to Las Vegas resumed this week with lawyers on both sides arguing over differing parts of a former state engineer’s decision to block the plan.

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    Water Authority, Clark County Argue Over Nevada Pipeline

    Nov 01, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County officials have proposed a public lands bill aiming to create new conservation areas and allow for more development, but critics in Nevada and Utah say its language could permit a proposed water pipeline project.

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    New Water Alliance Aims To Protect Water In The Colorado

    Dec 07, 2018

    Environmental leaders from the state gathered downtown last week to kick off an effort to conserve water in the Colorado River. 

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    Explainer: Dry Gleaning

    Nov 01, 2018

    There’s a gush of water news, most of it bad.

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    Plans For Water Pipeline Remain In Flux

    Sep 17, 2018

    Plans to pump water from eastern Nevada to the Las Vegas Valley have been under discussion for years with no end in sight.

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    Native American Tribes Discuss Opposition To SNWA Pipeline Plan

    Jun 11, 2018

    Members of several tribes, including the Navajo and Southern Shoshoni, met in Las Vegas last week to discuss their opposition to a massive groundwater pumping project.

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    Water Agency Pushes Conservation Program As Expansion, Drought Persists

    Jun 06, 2018

    The Southern Nevada Water Authority recently decided to up the ante on one of its signature conservation efforts commonly known as "cash for grass." 

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    Water Authority Makes Exchange Deal With Mexico

    Aug 18, 2017

    The Southern Nevada Water Authority has voted to spend up to $7.5 million over the next 10 years in exchange for more Colorado River water from Mexico.

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    Lake Mead Expected To Hit Historic Low In June

    May 18, 2016

    Lake Mead is expected to surpass a historic low in June, dipping below 1,075 feet, and Hoover Dam could be in trouble. 

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    Water Rates Going Up To Pay For New Pumping Station

    Jan 26, 2015
    Water rates are going up. Rate payers will see an increase in their water bills after the Southern Nevada Water Authority agreed Wednesday to press...
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    Water Rates Up As SNWA Approves New Pumping Station

    Jan 26, 2015
    Rate payers will see an increase in their water bills after the Southern Nevada Water Authority agreed today to press ahead with a $650 million pumping...
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    Flushed Away: Saving Water At Home

    Mar 10, 2014

    Water consumers don't always know the best ways to conserve water around the house. And some conservation strategies may break the law in Nevada

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    Water Authority Seeks Rate Increase

    Sep 26, 2013

    The Southern Nevada Water Authority wants to raise water rates to pay off $3 billion in construction debt. If it is approved, the rate increase will be the second in two years. How will the rate increase affect the average homeowner?

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    The SNWA's Water Pipeline Faces Opposition

    Jan 29, 2013

    Bureau of Land Managament scientists have given the Southern Nevada Water Authority the rights to build a water pipeline, even though environmentalists are opposed to the project. What did the BLM see in their scientific research to give SNWA the go-ahead?.

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    The Problems with the Third Intake Tunnel

    Jun 15, 2012
    Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager Pat Mulroy has called it the most complicated construction project in the country. It claimed its first victim yesterday when 44-year-old Thomas Turner was killed by a stream of grout and rock under high pressure.
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