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Below and above ground

A series by The Nevada Independent supported by The Water Desk

In Southern Nevada, concerns about a Colorado River tributary and an endangered fish are colliding with longstanding plans for development. Read this series supported by a grant from the Water Desk.

Water Connections

Where groundwater gives way to warm springs, a fight continues over building a new desert town outside Las Vegas.

New Rules

As climate change and overuse reduce water supplies, the gap between “paper water” (the legal right to use water) and “actual water” (what’s available) is widening.

Cutting Back

In Diamond Valley, Nevada, farmers are looking to protect their future — and testing the limits of the state’s water laws.
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