Water Controversy in Nevada

A big water controversy is bubbling up in the community of Sandy Valley, Nevada, where the La Jolla, California-based Vidler Water Company hopes to

extract 600 million gallons (2.3 million m³) of water per year. The water would be pumped 600 miles (965 km) and across a mountain range to a cluster of condominiums near the California-Nevada state line. Vidler hopes to pump enough groundwater from Clark and Lincoln Counties to supply 160,000 people—earning millions of dollars in the process. There is considerable local opposition to the plan, but also local support, owing to the tens of millions of dollars the water sales would bring to the region.