The first round of hearings by the Division of Water Resources, providing opportunity to learn more about the proposed Orders from the State Engineer to designate basins and then provide input, have concluded. The following details cover the next round of the hearings to be held…
Thursday, October 22 (starting at 11:30 a.m.) Caliente City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 Depot Ave., Caliente, NV Proposed orders to designate these basins:
- Cave Valley Basin (180) located within Lincoln and White Pine Counties
- Hamlin Valley Basin (196) located within Lincoln and White Pine Counties
- Coal Valley Basin (171) located within Lincoln and Nye Counties
- Pahroc Valley Basin (208) located within Lincoln and Nye Counties
- Dry Lake Valley Basin (181) located within Lincoln County
- Delamar Valley (182) located within Lincoln County
- Tikapoo Valley-Northern Part (169A) located within Lincoln County
- Tikapoo Valley-Southern Part (169B) located within Clark and Lincoln Counties
Thursday, October 22 (starting at 2 p.m.) Caliente City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 Depot Ave., Caliente, NV Proposed orders to designate these basins:
- Escalante Desert Basin (197) located within Lincoln County
- Dry Valley Basin (198) located within Lincoln County
- Rose Valley Basin (199) located within Lincoln County
- Eagle Valley Basin (200) located within Lincoln County
- Spring Valley Basin (201) located within Lincoln County
- Patterson Valley Basin (202) located within Lincoln County
- Clover Valley Basin (204) located within Lincoln County
- Kane Spring Valley (169B) located within Lincoln County
Proposed orders to designate, establish preferred use and curtail new appropriations will be covered for this basin:
- Tule Desert Valley Basin (221) located within Lincoln County
Friday, October 23 (starting at 9 a.m.) Goldfield Community Center, Corner of Crook & Euclid, Goldfield, NV Proposed orders to designate these basins:
- Monte Cristo Valley Basin (136) located within Esmeralda and Mineral Counties
- Lida Valley Basin (144) located within Esmeralda and Nye Counties
Proposed orders to designate, establish preferred use and curtail new appropriations will be covered for these basins:
- Columbus Salt Marsh Basin (118) located within Esmeralda and Mineral Counties
- Oriental Wash Basin (232) located within Esmeralda County
Monday, October 26 (starting at 2 p.m.) Currant Creek Community Center, Intersection of US 6 & State Route 379, Railroad Valley, NV Proposed orders to designate these basins:
- Hot Creek Basin (156) located within Nye County
- Garden Valley Basin (172) located within Lincoln and Nye Counties
- Railroad Valley Basin-Northern Part (173B) located within Lincoln, Nye and White Pine Counties
Proposed orders to designate, establish preferred use and curtail new appropriations will be covered for these basins:
- Little Smoky Valley Basin (155A) located within Eureka, Nye and White Pine Counties
- Railroad Valley-Southern Part (173A) located within Lincoln and Nye Counties
The State Engineer’s office provided this presentation of slides which explain in an overview of what the hearings will be addressing and also the background on the different meanings for what goes along with a basin’s designation. The public hearings held in Fallon, Hawthorne, Ely, Eureka, Elko, Battle Mountain, Winnemucca and Lovelock were also distributed by a livestream technology which allowed those who logged into the system to listen the hearings, although not provide any input. From Nevada Farm Bureau’s monitoring of the hearings, listening in on the livestream feed, the majority of the hearings were not well-attended and there were limited numbers of persons who provided testimony.
Those who wish to offer public input can still weigh in by providing written comments. This is the schedule for deadlines associated with the meetings:
- Written testimony deadlines for the hearings that are conducted from October 12 to 15 will be November 2, 2020.
- Written testimony deadlines for the hearings that are scheduled for October 22 and 23 will be November 6, 2020.
- Written testimony deadlines for the October 26 hearing is November 13, 2020
The address to send your written testimony is…
Division of Water Resources
901 South Stewart Street, Suite 2002
Carson City, Nevada 89701-5250