Comments about ‘Utah, Nevada close to treaty in water war’

Utah doesn't need to be giving Nevada any of its water, period.

He admits that they expect parts to dry up when the water is pumped, but is agreeable to that happening.
How can any responsible negotiator reach an agreement when the facts are not yet available - as he admits.
Has anyone checked to see if any of the negotiators supposedly acting for Utah has an offer of employment with SNWA after this is agreed?
They don't appear to be acting for those people who live there and surely it would have been more responsible to actually tell them rather than have them find out through a newspaper report.

This sort of thing happens all the time but between cities not states. It's always a nasty balancing act. I personally don't think Vegas should get any of this as it will impact both Utahan and NV. ranchers & farmers.

However, if "Most of the water that feeds the aquifer comes from Nevada" and that's science fact than NV has a right to some of the water. The people in NV aren't the enemy they are Americans and what ever happens should be done for the good of America.

It's disgusting to see how wasteful Nevada is with their (our) water. They should try conservation before they move on to thievery.

It's time for Las Vegas government to admit the city cannot continue to grow, rather than pulling in water that by no rationalization belongs there.

Same goes for Phoenix and Tucson. Deserts cannot sustain cities. Limit growth by the natural (or at least reasonable) availability of water.

Apparentally this whole thing is still being negotiated between Nv. and Ut. BUT I also don't think Utah should be having to give up ANY water to Nevada. If Huntsman lets us down on this, we're going to regret it even worse than we would have had we allowed the nuke waste to wind up in skull valley. This issue just doesn't seem to get as much press as the nuke waste issue, but is JUST AS DANGEROUS long term. Harry Reid is one of the ones behind pumping from Utah, and he has a lot of clout! Based on the way this story is worded, I'm not so sure this guy from Utah Nat. resources is really doing as much as he should to watch out for Utahns.

Other story on DesNews states that the Colorado water is becoming more scarce and there's a 50% chance that Lake Mead will be dry by 2021. Air Quality in Utah won't matter at all if there's no water to survive on.

Time to move to a maritime state...

I find most Utahan's opinions in this matter laughable. I have seen numerous castigations regarding how Nevada uses its water, and some that actually have the nerve to question Las Vegas' water usage based on the fact that "it's in a desert." Wow. Last time I checked Salt Lake City was still a desert, the Great Salt Lake is still drying because of unwise water practices, and Utah is still pulling Colorado River Water out of the Colorado River basin and piping it into the Great Basin. Before you start judging other people's water practices, maybe Utah and its citizens should realize their own hypocrisy and start paying attention to their own environmentally destructive history.

What is the latest on the undesirable water treaty with Nevada? I only see Dec. 2008