Desert Wars: Water and the West
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These news stories are compiled from Google News by searching for the keywords: "las vegas aquifer." Please ignore any stories that don't pertain to this issue.

Deutsche Bank Drowning in Vegas on Costliest Bank-Owned Casino
Bloomberg
The aquifer forms as runoff seeps into the ground and pools atop a layer of caliche, a cement-like rock, according to Bronson Mack, a spokesman at Las Vegas ...
Cosmopolitan casino leaves Deutsche Bank underwater in Vegasguardian.co.uk

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Deutsche Bank's wrong-way bet
FierceFinance
The bank had no choice but to foreclose on the Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino complex in Las Vegas, which Bloomberg calls the "most expensive debacle in the ...


New York Times

Solar Developer Abandons Water Plans
New York Times
... valley 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas. That divided the residents of Amargosa Valley, some of whom feared the solar farm would suck dry their aquifer. ...
German solar developer goes dry in NevadaEnergy Collective (blog)

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Herbert agrees to 'go slow' on Snake Valley water deal
Salt Lake Tribune
Agency spokesman Scott Huntley said the judge ignored 100 years of Nevada water law and appeared to display bias against Las Vegas during court proceedings. ...

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Nevada hold 'em
Salt Lake Tribune
Las Vegas, which is powerful thirsty, covets its neighbors' water. It yearns to pump huge gulps of ground water from beneath rural basins to the north and ...


Judge tosses roadblock into Snake Valley deal
Deseret News
Although the agreement comes with strict environmental protections, ranchers, farmers and other residents of Snake Valley say any pumping of the aquifer ...

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Draining groundwater not the answer
Deseret News
Subsidence is already prevalent throughout the southwest (including in Las Vegas), exceeding 30 feet in parts of California. ...
Meetings to detail Snake Valley wellsDeseret News

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Don't sign Snake Valley water deal
Salt Lake Tribune
SNWA wants to pump groundwater from beneath multiple valleys north of Las Vegas and pipe it to Sin City. Snake Valley, which straddles the Utah/Nevada state ...
Font Size: A A AHigh Country News

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In Nevada, nuclear raises touchy issues
Las Vegas Sun
Plans to build at least one major transmission line from Ely to Las Vegas mean a nuclear plant up there could supply power to Southern Nevada and elsewhere, ...

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Clippings: Highlights of The Salt Lake Tribune's Opinion pages
Salt Lake Tribune
SNWA wants to pump groundwater from beneath multiple valleys north of Las Vegas and pipe it to Sin City. Snake Valley, which straddles the Utah/Nevada state ...

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