Published 1 year ago

To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

Summary by Washington Times

Marty Plaskett upgraded his farming equipment and spent $60,000 on new sprinklers to conserve water, even before the rural Nevada valley where he farms alfalfa began more strictly managing groundwater.

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To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

Lawmakers in Nevada are considering a bill to allow the state to buy groundwater rights in diminished basins so nobody could use them again. Officials say the demand for groundwater

1 year ago·United States

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To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

Lawmakers in Nevada are considering a bill to allow the state to buy groundwater rights in diminished basins so nobody could use them again

1 year ago·United States

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To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

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To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Marty Plaskett upgraded his farming equipment and spent $60,000 on new sprinklers to conserve water, even before the rural Nevada valley where he farms alfalfa began more strictly managing groundwater. Now, Plaskett is weighing another adjustment: selling off part of his legal right to use water that lies under his land to the state. Even after a wet winter, Nevada and much of the West are still dealing with the effects…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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