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Sep 14, 2026
Ep059: Nevada's Water Fights (Guest: Laura McSwain, Water Fairness Coalition)
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16:01Laura McSwainGUEST
Yes, and water is quasi-connected to all of it, but the Clark County Commission also happens to be the board of directors for the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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16:09Laura McSwainGUEST
The Las Vegas Valley Water District executive team is the exact same executive team that runs the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
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16:17Laura McSwainGUEST
So it's a consolidation of power that is unreasonable and All that's happened, like arguably both of these laws were not as well written as they could have been in terms of protecting residents.
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16:36Laura McSwainGUEST
All we're learning through all of this is how badly written they were because they're now being exploited.
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16:43Laura McSwainGUEST
And to have all of this consolidated power, I mean, bear in mind, when the Las Vegas Valley Water District Act came into being, that was the first time, that was when the Las Vegas Valley was growing, and they knew that they couldn't do it, any more growth with our aquifer.
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17:01Laura McSwainGUEST
So they knew that they had these acre feet of water on the Colorado River Compact available, so they built a pipeline.
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