Discourse

July 22, 2004

I had a great lunch yesterday with a couple of Senator Reid's staffers. We met to talk about a great program - Nevada Boys' State. It's a program I participated in while in high school and was a counselor for the next year. I look forward to getting back involved with a great program. We also had a great discussion of issues that we don't see eye to eye on. For example we discussed the LIncoln County Development Act of 2004 which the Senator co-sponsored. It reminds me though, why I choose to go back to work in education. It is refreshing to be in an institution where open discourse and debate can occur without people walking away hurt afterwards.

Vidler Water Company

July 17, 2004

This information was taken from http://www.picoholdings.com/WaterRightsStorage.html - the Pico Holdings page about their Vidler Water Company holding. As of July 2004 the page appears not to have been updated in some time and is archived here against it's accidental removal.

Vidler Water Company, Inc.

Vidler Water Company, Inc. ("Vidler") is the leading private
company in the water resource development business in the southwestern United
States. PICO identified water resource development in the Southwest as an
attractive business opportunity due to the continued growth in demand for water
resulting from population growth, economic development, environmental
requirements, and the claims of Native Americans. Vidler is not a water utility,
and does not intend to enter into regulated utility activities. We develop new
sources of water for municipal and industrial use, and necessary storage
infrastructure to facilitate the efficient allocation of available water
supplies.

Opportunities for Vidler result from inefficient allocation
of available water between agricultural users and municipal or industrial users,
or the lack of available known water supply for a particular area:

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Pernicious water problems

July 17, 2004

Natalie Everett's article in the current Rebel Yell (UNLV's student newspaper) explores where the blame lies for Southern Nevada's pernicious water problems. The article cites the Southern Nevada Water Authority in stating that more than 85,000 acre feet of water are wasted each year in the Las Vegas area because of improper irrigation (broken sprinklers, watering sidewalks etc.)

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Acre Foot to gallons conversion

July 17, 2004

1 Acre Foot of water = 325,851.45 gallons of water

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Water workshop to be held in Ely

July 17, 2004

The Ad Hoc Nevada Water Network is sponsoring a July 20th workshop in Ely, Nevada. The workshop will focus on the consequences of importing rural water to Clark County.

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CAPPAERT v. UNITED STATES, 426 U.S. 128 (1976)

July 17, 2004

CAPPAERT v. UNITED STATES, 426 U.S. 128 (1976) - 1976 Supreme Court decision affirming the Ninth Circuit that as of 1952 when the United States reserved Devil's Hole, it acquired by reservation water rights in unappropriated appurtenant water sufficient to maintain the level of the underground pool to preserve its scientific (426 U.S. 128, 129) value and thereby implement the Presidential Proclamation.