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Center for Biological Diversity vs. Lincoln County Water District

Supreme Court of Nevada | January 25th, 2024


This case examines whether the State Engineer has the authority to redesignate multiple existing hydrographic basins as one “superbasin” based on a shared source of water for purposes of the water’s administration and management. We also look at whether the State Engineer complied with due process in creating the superbasin at issue here.

Keywords

groundwater pumping impacts, groundwater-surface water interaction, interbasin flow, water rights