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State Engineer's Decision Upheld
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb07348.x
Subject(s) - appropriation , groundwater , canyon , state (computer science) , structural basin , subdivision , law , archaeology , water resource management , civil engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental planning , environmental ethics , engineering , political science , environmental science , history , geography , geology , cartography , computer science , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm
In 1987, William Morris filed an application to appropriate groundwater for a proposed residential subdivision in Lovell Canyon, Nevada. The state engineer found that the point at which the proposed water appropriation was to be made (the point of diversion) was within the Pahrump Valley Groundwater Basin. He further concluded that the groundwater basin was overappropriated, and he denied the application. Morris appealed to the trial court and won a reversal.