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Las Vegas Groundwater Import Project. Presentation by: Boyd Clayton March 15, 2005 West Desert High School. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Las Vegas Groundwater Import Project
Presentation by: Boyd ClaytonMarch 15, 2005West Desert High School
The purpose of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for this project is specifically related to the rights-of-way applications for the pipelines and other facilities. The BLM is responsible for overseeing the EIS process and evaluating the potential impacts associated with granting the rights-of-way.
The EIS does not address the water rights related to this project. The Nevada Office of the State Engineer will determine whether or not to grant water rights through an independent process.
Southern Nevada Water Plan
Las Vegas Groundwater Applications
147 Wells125,000 ~ 200,000 Acft Priority ~ 1989Lincoln, White Pine, Nye, and Clark Counties
Hurdles
State Engineer ApprovalPermits and Rights of Way (EIS)CostConstruction
Groundwater Basics
Basin Fill Characteristics
Carbonate Rock Aquifer
Groundwater Flow Pattern
Current Activities
Nevada SE Three Lakes Decision
7 applications 58cfs 17,000acft Limited to 8,895 acft Monitoring Program Termination if impacts are detected
Dismissed objections without factual submissionsRejected idea of appropriating “transistional storage” and any basin “overdraft”.Considered cross basin issues and impacts on distant springs where data was available to address the issue.
HR4593 (Public Law 108-424)
Signed November 30, 2004BLM to Grant Right of Way Compliance with NEPA Groundwater Study Utah/Nevada water resources
agreement Does not preempt existing water
rights law
EIS Process
Scoping late April Early MayDraft Summer 2006Final Mid 2007
Groundwater Study
USGS, DRI, Utah to participate$6,000,000Complete 36 months (December 1, 2007)Deliverables Volume of water stored in aquifers Recharge and discharge characteristics Hydrogeologic and other controls Maps of aquifer systems
Water Resources Agreement
Prior to any transbasin diversion from ground-water basins located within both the state of Nevada and the State of Utah, the State of Nevada and the State of Utah shall reach an agreement regarding the division of water resources of those interstate ground-water flow system(s) from which water will be diverted and used by the project. The agreement shall allow for the maximum sustainable beneficial use of the water resources and protect existing water rights.
Ways to Participate
Identify Issues ASAPCollect data develop factual argumentsDigest Existing StudiesReview/Update Water RightsParticipate in Decision Processes Nevada SE Decision Right of Way EIS Utah / Nevada Interstate Water Resource
Agreement
Existing Studies
Snake Valley Tech Pub 14, 71Carbonate Aquifer (OFR 93-170)Pumping Study (WRI 95-4173)UGS Snake Valley Study (RI 254)
Websites
Utah Division of Water Rights http://waterrights.utah.gov
USGS (Nevada) http://nv.water.usgs.gov/
BLM (EIS) http://www.nv.blm.gov/ely/
Nevada Water Rights http://water.nv.gov/