- So if you can show that it has been scientifically proven that you are not mining water . . .
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- What does it mean to be mining water?
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- We are using a combination of groundwater and surface water from the Truckee River. What is the balance between current and ongoing development and the depletion of ground water?
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- So, if you want to build a casino you have to find a rancher or somebody to give you the water rights and bring them in with you.
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- So, what if they want to build 20,000 homes in south Reno? Before they ever get their development plans approved they have to find the water for the development.
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- So if a developer comes in and says I need to get 300 acre feet -- you can sell to him then?
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- Where do you see this in the future? We are going to run out of water if they continue to build like we've built. There is a limit to how much water there is . . . it's a finite amount of water.
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- Are you concerned about that? Looking 20-30 years out, if we have 20,000 to 40,000 acre-feet, that's not a lot, is it?
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- But, water is the life blood of all of the development of this area, all of the growth, whether it's for a casino, for tourism, or for houses . . .
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- So if you pipe water in from, say, out of California . . . we will all be seeing an increase in the price of water rights -- for the development of the tube to bring that water in and to pay for the development of the plant.
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- It's obviously very political already . . . how political is water?
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- And it's going to get worse . . .
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- So right now, it may not be as competitive to hang on to water rights, but they are going to become very valuable as water becomes more scarce.
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- You don't see us in the next 20 or 30 years running out of water? Instead you see us finding other resources for water?
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- Explain how each development has to bring in its own water -- there is not a connection between water rationing and new developments.
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- So when you buy your home, you have the right to have water.
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- Tell us about the Orr ditch decree.
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- So you would look at Cold Springs as one basin and the South Truckee Meadows as another basin?
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- And out there, the issue is not that we have no water; it's that we are running out of what we can pump as groundwater. Therefore, we have to figure out where the water would come from if we are to have a diversion.
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- How much is the demand for water rights in this community?
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- So, you have somebody looking for water rights, what happens?
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- Who is your competition to get those same water rights?
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- What's a water right worth? How much does an industrial property versus a large hotel take in water rights?
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