tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35126612.post115971805310788136..comments2023-05-13T06:14:03.606-06:00Comments on Utahns opposed to Las Vegas water grab: Please Help!kenfhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12565205394155323668noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35126612.post-8083171260302583122007-12-06T13:38:00.000-07:002007-12-06T13:38:00.000-07:00I live in Nevada and I want to thank you for your ...I live in Nevada and I want to thank you for your efforts to put a stop to the water grab by SNWA. I live in Lincoln County Nevada and our county is in their sites...compliments of our 'Late' County Commissioners. I attended the Rural Nevada Planning and Natural Resources Conference in October of 2007. I spoke with the Deputy State Engineer, Kelvin Hickenbottom, P.E., concerning the pipeline and the allotted water Las Vegas Valley is supposed to get. I questioned him about what if 'Joe Rancher's Well runs dry and his cattle need water. He told me, along with the other attendants, that they would help that rancher as soon as they contacted the state engineer's office. I asked him if they were going to come out and drill his well deeper and he said yes. I didn't believe that. He also said that he thought it was Impossible for anyone to pump water 24/7. Needless to say, none of us believed that statement either. He also stated that the water which has been alloted to the Las Vegas Valley is NOT TO BE USED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. How will they control that? How can they even make that statement in good faith? I lived in Las Vegas for almost 30 years and the development never stopped and is in fact still happening as I write this. The county commissioners of Clark County have never and will never even discuss stopping the new development. It isn't in their vocabulary. In 2004, they were discussing putting a moritorium on swiming pools. That hasn't happened yet! My concern is, once they start pumping and they are told they are drawing down the water levels of Lincoln & White Pine Counties, who is going to turn the pumps off and make sure they stay off? Las Vegas or SNWA will not turn them off voluntarily and anyone that believes they will is in denial. Their whole goal in life is to keep that valley in water and that brings me to my next question, where will they go next when all our water is gone? Please continue your fight to stop this. They need to stop growing and stop the grass watering, stop the fountains and most of all...stop putting in more golf courses. Everytime I drive by Coyote Springs, I get mad. They have been working on that development for over 3 years and all I see is water being wasted on Golf Courses. There hasn't been one home built yet! Why are we allowing these water guzzling leaches to get away with taking our water too? I'm only one person and I feel like it is a loosing battle. Our county is a poor county and our public officials have sold us down the creek so to speak. Now we have to sit back and watch our way of life be piped down to a valley of overcrowded, traffic congested, smog infested, poluting, and crime infested city that cares about nothing else but MONEY & POWER. I am not a happy Nevadian.<BR/>Patsy Dye, Caliente, NevadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com