Great Basin Water Network

The Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) was formed to protect the water resources of the Great Basin for residents, animals and plants. The Network promotes effective water conservation programs including economic incentives for water smart-practices as opposed to multi-million dollar projects that would burden urban taxpayers while leaving rural communities in jeopardy. As more people populate the Great Basin, water providers are expanding use of ground and surface water resources. This has created a climate for water exploitation threatening the balance between the human and natural environment. We work with a diverse coalition of interests who want to keep water local.

GBWN was formed in 2004 and was the leader of the coalition fighting against the Las Vegas pipeline, a proposal to pipe billions of gallons of water 300 miles from Eastern Nevada to Las Vegas to irrigate golf courses and fill fake lakes. After a decade and a half of litigation, political struggle, and public awareness campaigning, the Las Vegas pipeline died in 2020. Since then, GBWN has branched out and is fighting for water justice across the Great Basin and Intermountain West.