Eureka Cnty. v. Seventh Judicial Dist. Court of State

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

Water in Diamond Valley, Nevada, is over-appropriated and has been pumped at a rate exceeding its perennial yield for over four decades. In 2014, the Office of the State Engineer found that groundwater levels in southern Diamond Valley had fallen over 100 feet. A vested, senior water rights holder has asked the district court to order the State *1123Engineer to curtail junior water rights in the Diamond Valley Hydrographic Basin No. 153 (Diamond Valley). In this writ proceeding, we must determine whether junior water rights holders are entitled to notice of and an…