The presentations from the February 2021 Northern Nevada Streamflow, Reservoir, and Weather Forecast Meeting are now posted on the NDWR website in News under the Recent Presentations tab. Click here for the link.
Nevada Supreme Court to conduct public hearing to consider the creation of a Commission to Study the Adjudication of Water Law Cases in Nevada’s Courts
The Nevada Supreme Court will conduct a hearing on the petition filed by James W. Hardesty, Chief Justice requesting that the Nevada Supreme Court consider creating a Commission to Study the Adjudication of Water Law Cases in Nevada’s Courts. The public hearing will be held March 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm. Click here to see the Order and information on how to participate in the hearing and how to submit written comments.
Proposed draft regulations relating to administrative hearings and other proceedings before the State Engineer are available for review
Proposed draft regulations of legislative Council Bureau (LC File No. R125-20) relating to administrative hearings and other proceedings before the State Engineer are available on LCB’s website at:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Register/2020Register/R125-20P.pdf
The Division of Water Resources has not set a date for a public workshop on this proposed regulation, and the Division does not plan on setting any additional public workshops until after the conclusion of the (2021) legislative session.
Statewide Groundwater Pumpage Inventory for 2017 is published
The Division of Water Resources published on January 28, 2021 the Statewide Groundwater Pumpage Inventory for 2017. The report presents an estimate of the total amount of groundwater pumped in the State of Nevada for calendar year 2017.
Humboldt River Modeling Presentation and Workshop Livestream is now available
The Division of Water Resources Humboldt River Region Modeling presentations workshop held on February 4th are now available. Click here for power point presentations on:
Water Supply Forecast
− Regionwide ET Analysis
− Model output and Demonstrative Tools to Implement and Apply Results
– Capture Concepts
– Upper Basin Model
– Middle Basin Model
– Lower Basin Model
− Draft Order Management Approach
You can also watch the livestream video here.
As Sisolak administration abandons move to upend legal system for water rights cases, Supreme Court may study new specialty court
ByDaniel Rothberg, The Nevada Independent, February 7th, 2021
On Monday, the first day of the legislative session, the state’s top water regulator sent a letter to the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Melanie Scheible: Gov. Steve Sisolak’s administration was backing away from a request that state lawmakers, then the voters, change the Constitution and alter the judicial branch’s system for how often-complex water cases are litigated in court. Click here to read the full story.
