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Council hopes to suspend water talks

Chance for Styler to save face | 12:18 a.m. Nov. 4, 2009

The Nevada judge's ruling was a huge break for Mike Styler. It gives him cover to get out of a deal he never should have made, the negative fallout of which he probably didn't anticipate.

Hopefully Styler will take advantage of it to withdraw or at least suspend his support of the agreement which is so obviously premature, if not a flat-out bad deal for Utah.

stevo | 7:27 a.m. Nov. 4, 2009

Even Nevada thinks this is a bad idea. Mike Styler and the Gov. should suspend it today!

Psst - Herbert Take a Clue | 8:12 a.m. Nov. 4, 2009

Governor, just sit back and watch the SNWA project self destruct over on the Nevada side, as the Nevada courts themselves, with no help from the Utah side, lay this project to waste. All you gotta do, Governor, is not jump the gun by signing any agreement with Nevada. That would go down as the most foolish move by a sitting Utah Governor, ever!

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Matthew | 8:28 a.m. Nov. 4, 2009

It is time for Las Vegas to start recycling treated waste-water and get agressive about conservation. Of course that was the right solution all along. Living within your means applies to more than just money.

So, what about | 10:01 a.m. Nov. 4, 2009

the quid pro quo for the Lake Powell - St. George water pipeline?

Seems fair to me? | 10:49 p.m. Nov. 4, 2009

All waste water in the Las Vegas Valley is conveyed downstream to Lake Mead and then drawn back out of the lake for personal use. The county sanitation company is called "Clark County Water Reclaimation" We reclaim or reuse the water. Allowing water to run down gutters or watering on days not allowed comes with a stiff fine. Swimming pools must be drained into the sewer system to be treated and then to be reused. The water district compensates homeowners who take out the grass and put in desert landscaping.

Living within our means? Utah draws over 5.5 times and Arizona(desert climate) 9.5 times more water than Nevada. Seems fair to me.

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