Residents say their culture, way of life will end if request is approved

10/10/2011

Residents say their culture, way of life will end if request is approved

LAS VAGAS — A plan by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump water from eastern Nevada valleys has many American Indians and rural residents upset, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

During a day set aside for testimony from the public, opponents said the pipeline project is too expensive and unnecessary, stated the article.

"We were put here, including Las Vegas people, by the creator to take care of this Earth, not to abuse it," said Ed Naranjo, administrator of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. "We need to have you listen to us. Think of all the little people, the people not yet born."

"Without water there won't be anything here," added a sobbing Kathy Cole Hiatt, testifying via teleconference from Caliente. "Before my dad died he said, 'I don't know if there's heaven or if I'll be able to go there if there is, but for the last 84 years, I have been in heaven.' This land is our heritage and our souls."

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billturner (10/10/2011 2:39:00 PM)

I happened to be in Baker, Nevada the day that the Clark County applications were announced. A distressing day for certain. I had driven through one intermontane basin after another to get there and I was working on the hydrology of Lehman Springs in the Great Basin National Park. So, I am familiar with the demography and the geography of the area and Pat Mulroy's plan seemed reasonable provided those living in the area could be protected. In 1976, Phillips Uranium dried up Bob Bill Bicenti's artesian water well in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico. Rather than have Bob Bill Bicente stop a billion dollar uranium mine I drafted the Replacement Law and had my State Senator introduce it in the legislature. It went from a three line Bill to a much longer Bill and it took 3 years to pass. What it does is require any user of water to replace the supply of others if as a result of their use it caused impairment in the area. That kind of legislation would protect Nevadians everywhere from being dried up while fostering jobs and economic development. Would probably be supported by the gold mining industry in Nevada as well.

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