Would a million acre feet of fresh water a year solve the dilemma of the situation ? If so, let's talk...Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com

There is an alternative to the well fields proposed by the Southern Nevada Water Authority !

Nevada, Las Vegas, Environmental Defense and the ranchers in Spring Valley have all been offered an alternative fresh water Source of TRIPLE Nevada’s present water resources ! Development of the Source has been guaranteed not to damage the water rights of anyone, anywhere or the environment; the Source is legally available and economically feasible.

Wonder why there is absolutely no interest in a simple investigation to verify this Source.

Mining of the Spring/Snake Valley aquifers will undoubtedly occur over time. In the last 70 years assurances were also made that well depletions would not create similar mining scenarios in the Rio Grande, South Platte and Arkansas River basins….all assurances delivered only geologic voids and greatly diminished the flow of these once magnificent ribbons of life.

Maybe none of these entities really want a water solution….

Litigation will certainly create mountains of promising paper, but not a single new drop of water for Nevada ….

Such is life…. and death in the desert.

Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst)
waterrdw@yahoo.com

A truely NEW fresh water Source of one million acre feet of water EACH YEAR for Nevada would not only solve Nevada's water dilemmas, but the excess & reuse could be held in storage for peak power needs which would include safeguarding the 1800 megawatts generated by Lake Mead. The storage facilities and generation plants for the peak power generation, already exist ! Development of the Source will not damage the water rights of others or the environment. The Source is legally available and economically feasible. WaterSource waterrdw@yahoo.com

A new fresh water Source of ONE MILLION acre feet has been offered to the SNWA, NV and the Bureau which could FILL Lake Mead in nearly the same time period that the Scripps Institution of Oceanography predicts Lake Mead will go dry ! This is possible because the new fresh water Source is non-tributary to all rivers, including the Colorado River.

An average megawatt is the energy produced by the continuous operation of one megawatt of capacity over a period of one year (8,760,000 kilowatt-hours). The seventeen turbine-generators at the Lake Mead powerhouse generate a maximum of 2,074 megawatts of hydroelectric power. Lake Mead averages 1840 megawatts.

Is everyone in Nevada sure THEY WANT TO IGNORE either insuring the power generation at Lake Mead or using the water to produce similar amounts of peak power at other existing facilities ? Releases could also be used to restore the Colorado River Delta....

Development of the Source has been guaranteed not to damage the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere. The Source is also legally available and economically feasible to develop.

Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com

A QUESTION for Nevada ....

A new fresh water Source solution exists for Nevada that will yield ONE MILLION acre feet a year. Development of the Source has been GUARANTEED not to damage the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere. Development of the Source will not interfere with the Southern Nevada Water Authority plans for new pipelines. Secondary uses include keeping Lake Mead reasonably FULL, hydro electric generation and restoration of the Colorado River Delta. Delivery of water from the new Source is not affected by Ms. Quagga mussel !

A full disclosure of the Source has been offered on a confidential basis to the Bureau of Reclamation and the Southern Nevada Water Authority for five (5) years.

The QUESTION is this....if disclosure of such a vast natural resource can be made to the SNWA and the Bureau for FREE, should the SNWA and the Bureau formulate a way for disclosure to occur ?

An offer has been made that an attorney of the SNWA & Bureau's choice be selected to review and report back as to whether the Source warrants a full investigation. It is claimed that the Source is economically feasible and legally available to develop.

Does this seem like a reasonable procedure for the Bureau & the SNWA to seriously consider ?

What do the citizens of Nevada think ?

WaterSource Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com