Ep059: Nevada's Water Fights (Guest: Laura McSwain, Water Fairness Coalition)
Water has been a perennial issue in Nevada politics. Crystal and Scott sit down with Laura McSwain, President of the Water Fairness Coalition, to discuss the myriad fights going on at the moment. We start with the recent Colorado River Compact and the recent decisions that have effectively punished Nevada for doing the most to conserve water usage. Two key points are the inability of conservation alone to address the water issues and the question of overstepping the rights of property-owners to do so. The Water Fairness Coalition proposes to address this by rolling back AB356, section 29 of…
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