By Kyle Roerink, Great Basin Water Network

 

By now you’ve likely heard the good news about the Las Vegas Pipeline. It is true that SNWA and the State Engineer will not appeal Judge Robert Estes’ scathing decision that affirmed what PLAN and others have been saying for decades: The pipeline is illegal.

 

We can now rest a little easier and breathe a sigh of relief.

The success of Great Basin Water Network in the courts, however, does not spell the end of our effort to protect water resources in the nation’s driest state. GBWN, White Pine County, the Duckwater Shoshone, Ely Shoshone , and the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation still have work to do and need any support you can offer.

 

Here’s what remains in our battle:

 

Please tell Southern Nevada officials that SNWA must withdrawal all of its applications in rural Nevada and revoke its BLM right of way application. If SNWA really wants to abandon the pipeline, that’s what’s necessary.

 

It’s important to note that SNWA is chartering a promising course for the near future. The Water Authority is poised to soon vote on a proposal that promised more conservation efforts and collaborations with coastal California. This is welcome news. We’ve been asking them to do it for 30 years.

 

Lastly, in this line of work our victories are temporary while our opponents victories are ultimately ones that last forever.