- The regional water planning commision is re-evaluating how much water is out there. That's what the Scan tech study is all about? What did you find out?
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- After assessing water rights -- what did the commission come up with future use?
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- If we come up with that much, is that going to make the river bone-dry in a drought or is that just enough we can comfortably use?
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- And they are trying to plan for a 10 year drought -- Right? Think that is realistic? Will we see a 10-year drought?
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- We live in a desert, at some point we will reach a limit of what water is here. How do we balance the development with available water supplies?
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- You have a big background and a lot of information about water in this area. What do you see as happening? Will we have to finally say, Hey we just can't do this anymore?
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- Do you think it is going to be more through restricting people's water use or will it just become so expensive that people can't afford to buy it? That's what's going to have to happen if you import water, right?
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- Even if it is not an economical question it is an environmental question, isn't it. I mean, how much water can you take?
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- If you take the water rights market itself, it's kind of like, it's not worth gold yet, but water rights are going to become very, very, valuable. What do you see happening with the water market prices?
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- What do you see as happening 20 years from now? What do you think it will be like living here in Reno, living in the west, living out in the desert. Think life will be different for us?
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- But, there's going to be a limit...
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- So, what do you think of projects like down in Las Vegas where they bring in all the water off the Colorado river? I mean, they have already used up everything they've got in their area and they have to bring it in from other areas. What do you think it will be like living here in Reno, living in the west, living out in the desert. Think life will be different for us?
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- But at some point aren't you robbing Peter to pay Paul?
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- If you own a ranch, you can sell off some of your water rights. But if you sell off all of your water rights what becomes of that ranchland? It just dries up?
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- Will we eventually run out of the ranchland? Is everybody just going to sell out?
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- That's not the only place to get them -- there are still some water rights around, say under the streets, under the freeways, there are still some water rights around that aren't agriculural, right?
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- So, would you know if your house had more water rights that could be worth money?
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- So, that is what people at TMWA are doing?
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- I don't think people are going to move to the west to live in an apartment. Do you know what I mean?
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