Las Vegas NowUtah, Nevada Draft Agreement on Snake Valley Water
Water regulators in Utah and Nevada have finished a draft agreement on the use of the shared Snake Valley aquifer, potentially allowing water to be piped south to Las Vegas. Details of the agreement were to be released Thursday.
Utah Department of Natural Resources Director Mike Styler has said any deal would protect Utah's water users, wildlife and air quality.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority wants to eventually start delivering rural groundwater to the Las Vegas Valley through a pipeline that could stretch more than 300 miles and cost up to $3.5 billion.
Environmentalists have voiced concerns the project could dry up the valley around Great Basin National Park and potentially send dust storms toward Utah's Wasatch Front.
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