Counties Fear Utah Selling Out to Nevada Over Snake Valley Water
Counties from the west desert to the Wasatch Front want Utah to back away from an imminent Snake Valley water deal with Nevada. Officials in Millard, Juab and Salt Lake counties fear Utah is about to sign away a big share of the aquifer straddling the state line about 60 miles southwest of Delta. Doing so could enable "water mining" for a 285-mile pipeline to Las Vegas, they say, drying up ranches and wildlife watering holes while wafting dust clouds toward the Salt Lake Valley. "By the time they realize what the impacts are," Millard County Commissioner Daron Smith warned, "it'll be too late."
