Fred wrote on October 30, 2009 05:57 PM: The state water engineer is doing the best he can with what he has, ie two staff hydrologists. Until more funding is given to expand his hydro department and allow more co operative projects with the USGS, we will never progress beyond the current cycle of flawed rulings and litigation.

JC_in_NENV wrote on October 29, 2009 11:31 PM: High-N-Dry Your "recycling" statement is a bit off. Lake Mead drops about 9' a year due to evaporation. Attempting to "store" water in an open container in a desert is really not very efficient.

Vegas needs to curb the growth, eliminate the lawns, and mandate water efficient plumbing. And hey, if you stopped giving away your tap water to bottled water companies, you might have enough left to drink yourself.

There are a whole lot of things Vegas can do besides suck the water out from under someone else. This really is your problem and you guys need to deal with it.

DLE wrote on October 28, 2009 07:41 PM: Let's see here now:
An $81,081.00 water bill for any family home in the Las Vegas Valley is clearly PHSyCO TALK.

DeaertLandEntryman wrote on October 28, 2009 07:12 PM: Observer,
You are completely un-infomed, under the exact fabrication that SNWA falsifies to you.
1. Yes, SNWA has unequivocal legal rights to take ALL water from the Colorado River that it needs to water the Las Vegas Valley, in any judicial court of law or equity, because Las Vegas is geographically within its region, which LA, Phoenix or Tuscon is NOT.
2. I have been working within the SNWA for years, & they continue to disregard the fact that Las Vegas has geographical priority on the river, not LA or Phoenix.
3. SNWA refuses to bring these discussions onto the interstate compact, because SNWA has a number of other missions to extort money.

Yes, SNWA and its water engineer is very very corrupt, but the DA is too ignorant to prosecute.

Cynical Observer wrote on October 28, 2009 06:23 PM: DLE, you miss one key historical fact.

Many years ago, there was a huge Federal court lawsuit among the states which border the Colorado River, concerning how much water each of them could use.

Stupid little Nevada, with few people and fewer brains, didn't take the case seriously. When it was settled, we got the right to squat in terms of the right to take water out of the Colorado River.

For many recent years, Nevada has been taking more water from the Colorado River than we are entitled to. In the Bush Administration era, the Feds told Nevada to cut it out, or else.

If Nevada takes more than its share of the Colorado River, a Federal judge has the power to order the Federal agencies to literally seize the water intake plants, and slow them down so that no more water is taken in than is allowed under that settlement agreement. And DLE don't think it won't happen. In the Sacramento area, there is an endangered fish species being killed because too much Sacramento Delta water was being shipped south to the areas around Fresno, Bakersfield and L.A. A Federal court judge issued an order shutting off the water, to save the fish. Federal judges do have tremendous power, and their orders are followed.

In case you haven't noticed, the California Legislature is undergoing an orgy of bloodletting over what to do about the lack of water for all of the people, farms and businesses in the Fresno, Bakersfield and L.A. areas.

So no DLE, Southern Nevada can't keep growing by "taking as much water as it wants out of the river".

DesertLandEntryman wrote on October 28, 2009 06:10 PM: Knuckleheads,
Not only can you not compute simple arithmatic, you cannot carry a simple sentence under english grammer!
YOU are being fleeced by this theiving SNWA and its so called water engineer. They are bed buddies, flocking you ignorant saps!
And, I laugh at your stupidity, here on my PC in Texas.
Yeah, Woodbury & his SNWA exiled me from NV, under their perpetual SCAMS.

butcher wrote on October 28, 2009 05:41 PM: We emptied the lake out in the early fifties I remember walking across it,old cars and engine blocks littered the bottom,now sixty years later its very full comparably speaking.The population of residents now outnumber what the Earth can handle,so,Stop wasting water on lawns fountains etc. at your homes.Some of you need to go back where you came,bye bye.

Dave Halo wrote on October 28, 2009 05:22 PM: DLE - $81 if u were to pay it in one year. Give me a break. Most water projects of this scale are financed on a 50-100 year basis. Using ur #'s over 50 years, it works out to $1621 per house. Bit of an increase I'd wager over ur current bill but I'll bet that is less than NYC and Boston pay for their water right now.

As an overall project....this will destroy those valleys just like LADWP's water grab in the Owens Valley. DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN

DesertLandEntryman wrote on October 28, 2009 04:55 PM: Niether did this "Taylor" Water Engineer, masqurating as water authority; with his "Susan Joseph-Taylor, the chief hearing officer for the Nevada Division of Water Resources."
Oh well, the Clark County District Attorney never passed "arithmatic" in school either!

DLE wrote on October 28, 2009 04:30 PM: "The water the authority plans to tap there could supply more than 37,000 Las Vegas homes."..."and cost between $2 billion and $3.5 billion."
Let's see here-$3 billion divided by 37,000 Las Vegas homes = $81,081.00 per HOME! Who in this planet can pay $81,081.00 for home water?
However, the Supremes never passed arithmatic in school, niether did SNWA!

What a criminal SCAM this IS.

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