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Landmark Ruling Rejects Disastrous Water Diversion Project in Nevada and Utah
2013-12-12 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a landmark decision released yesterday, Senior Judge Robert Estes of the Seventh Judicial District Court of Nevada rejected the Nevada state engineers 2011 allocation of approximately 84,000 acre-feet of ancient groundwater a year to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for export to Las Vegas. The decision is a huge blow to the Water Authoritys plan to suck massive amounts of water out of the Nevada-Utah desert to feed urban sprawl in and around Las Vegas. Cave Lake State Park in White Pine...
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