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Clark County offers revisions to Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

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In a November 13th letter to Senator Cortez Masto, Clark County and the Southern Nevada Water Authority offer revisions regarding Sections 702 and 703 of the draft lands bill.  The letter which is signed by County Commission Chair Marilyn Kirkpatrick states that they are offering additional clarifications to make it absolutely clear that nothing in these sections shall be interpreted to grant any rights-of-way for SNWA’s groundwater development project or to permit any public water agency to obtain title to federal lands for the purpose of constructing the groundwater development project referenced in right-of-way grant N-78803.

The Central Nevada Regional Water Authority was one of many organizations that had expressed concerns about Sections 702 and 703 in previous versions of SNEDCA. Click here for CNRWA’s letter.

Division of Water Resources to host workshops on revisions to NAC Chapter 533 pursuant to Assembly Bill 62

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The Division of Water Resources is hosting three informal workshops throughout the state in November to discuss and receive feedback on conceptual revisions to NAC Chapter 533 pursuant to Assembly Bill 62 enacted in the 2019 Legislative Session. Assembly Bill 62 requires the State Engineer to adopt regulations pertaining to extensions of time for the construction of works to divert water and for placing water to beneficial use. The regulation process will focus on establishing criteria under which extensions of time are granted, with the goal of balancing responsible water planning and water speculation. Click for the DWR announcement. The workshops will be held in the following locations:

Friday, November 8th at 10:00 a.m.
Nevada Division of
Forestry
4747 Vegas Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89108

Monday, November 18th at 10:00 a.m.
Division of Water Resources
Tahoe Hearing Room
901 S. Stewart Street, Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701

Wednesday, November 20th at 10:00 a.m.
Red Lion Hotel
Humboldt Conference Room
2065 Idaho St.
Elko, NV 89801

Humboldt County is CNRWA’s Newest Member

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We are proud to announce that Humboldt County is now the ninth member county to join the Central Nevada Regional Water Authority. The CNRWA Board of Directors unanimously approved Humboldt County’s membership at their September 25th meeting following the pasage of resolutions of support by the boards of commisioners in all member counties. CNRWA was created by a 2005 Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lander, Nye, and White Pine Counties out of a desire to ensure that a long term supply of reasonably priced water is available to support agricultural, municipal, recretaional and industral uses within the central hydrographic region. Churchill and Pershing Counties joined CNRWA shortly therafter.

We look forward to Humboldt County’s participation in the Central Nevada Regional Water Authority.

Governor’s Office pulls AB 30

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Noting that there was no consensus on revisions to AB 30 the Governor’s Office asked leadership to keep AB 30 on the desk through the May 24th deadline.  The bill will no longer be considered by the Legislature in the 2019 Session. The plan is for the Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources to use the interim before the next legislative session to meet with stakeholders to resolve differences and bring a consensus bill to the legislature in 2021. 

CNRWA opposed AB30 as introduced and moved to the neutral position on the amended bill that was passed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining during their work session on April 10th. There was no consensus on the version that was moved to the Senate floor and in the end CNRWA joined other stakeholders in opposition. CNRWA looks forward to joining the Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources and stakeholders for a water future discussion and strategy during the next interim.

Measure feared to boost LV water grab dies in Carson City

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/governors-office-pulls-controversial-water-bill-as-talks-turn-to-an-interim-working-group

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/05/24/las-vegas-nevada-legislature-water-bill-pipeline/1228954001/

Bill that would have rewritten Nevada water laws dies

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/25/immigration-pot-testing-bills-survive-deadline-wat/