The Draft EIS for the SNWA's pipeline project, aka 'Las Vegas Water Grab' , 'Patty's
Pipe', and a few other things I can't mention here, is out and the BLM has announced that it will extend the public comment period until 11 october 2011.
Access the document and information here. Here is an overview. And here is the whole enchilada.
Steve Erickson, Utah Coordinator of the Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) had a recent Op-Ed about the project in the Salt Lake Tribune (thanks to Emily Green for enlightening me).
The final two paragraphs of Erickson's piece are below. He invokes the infamous MX missile, which I remember well. And check out the 1994 quote from Mulroy in the final paragraph.
Thirty years ago, the Great Basin was under a huge threat from the proposed MX missile deployment. Public opposition defeated MX and can stop the water grab, too. Learn more about the water grab, visit the GBWN website www.greatbasinwater.net, comment on the draft impact statement, contact your Congress members and senators. Tell the BLM to protect the public trust resources under its management by selecting the No Action Alternative and denying the pipeline right of way.
SNWA General Manager Pat Mulroy once called this pipeline the “singularly most stupid idea anyone ever had” (High Country News, 1994). Let’s help her and Las Vegas find a smarter, more sustainable water future.
Here is the GBWN's 'Water Grab EIS Guide' Download GBWN-EIS-Guide-07-25-2011
Happy reading and commenting!
Now I can get back to reading emails from a fellow who's scheming to bring Mississippi River water to the desert, a project that would make 'Pat's Pipe' look like a soda straw.
It never ends.
“People don’t understand water.” -- Pat Mulroy, quoted in The Big Thirst
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