Groundwater management plan approved by Nevada Supreme Court

Diamond Valley Water notice
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The Diamond Valley Groundwater Management plan made its way to Nevada’s Supreme Court last week and was approved. The plan can be viewed here:

(Diamond Valley Groundwater Management Plan-311-page pdfOpens in a new tab.)

The Lahontan Valley News reports that groundwater pumping is reducedOpens in a new tab. for junior and senior water right holders alike.  Right holders with vested rights predating 1913 are exempt from the reduction.

According to the Lahontan Valley NewsOpens in a new tab.,

The issue went to court because Diamond Valley, in Eureka County, is dramatically over-appropriated and has been pumped at a rate exceeding its annual recharge for more than four decades. The opinion authored by Justice Jim Hardesty says 76,000 acre-feet of water is pumped from the valley every year but the aquifer can only support 30,000 acre-feet of annual pumping. As a result, Diamond Valley has been designated a critical management area, which gives the state engineer the power to impose a management plan on users.

Image Source:

Wikimedia Commons. Historical marker for Diamond ValleyOpens in a new tab. along Nevada State Route 278 (Eureka-Carlin Road) in Eureka County, Nevada (Famartin, September 2014)

Deborah

Since 1995, Deborah has owned and operated LegalTech LLC with a focus on water rights. Before moving to Arizona in 1986, she worked as a quality control analyst for Honeywell and in commercial real estate, both in Texas. She learned about Arizona's water rights from the late and great attorney Michael Brophy of Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite. Her side interests are writing (and reading), Wordpress programming and much more.

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