Las Vegas Water Pipeline Plan Challenged in U.S. Court
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A Las Vegas water pipeline project from eastern Nevada that won U.S. government approval was challenged in court by environmental groups that said that it will deplete rural groundwater supplies.
A coalition of local government agencies, environmental groups and Native American tribes is seeking in the lawsuit to block construction of the 263-mile pipeline from the Nevada-Utah border. The Southern Nevada Water Authority, which serves metropolitan Las Vegas with a population of more than 2 million people, proposed the pipeline to lessen reliance on water from the Colorado river.