Sides gear up for new water fight

04/09/10 Ranchers, county governments, conservation groups and the Goshute tribe are crafting protests against a Nevada water utility's new applications to pump Snake Valley water to Las Vegas, a conservation group said.

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LDS Church protests 4 wells of Nevada project

06/10/10 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Mormon church says some of the proposed wells of a Las Vegas water project could siphon groundwater from its ranching operations. The Southern Nevada Water Authority wants to pump billions of gallons of groundwater a year from the Snake Valley on the Utah/Nevada border to diversify Las Vegas' water supplies. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says four ...

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Leaders alarmed over Snake Valley plan

09/16/10 Debate over a controversial bid by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump water from the Snake Valley Aquifer to Las Vegas boiled up again Wednesday night at a public meeting at the Salt Lake City Library.

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