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bogfiton Jan 12, 2024 8:39pm
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RE:RE:RE:NCI and commercial development in Yerington
RE:RE:RE:NCI and commercial development in Yerington" either an underground river part of the carson tahoe or a lake... "
Patch reminds me of the parable of the Blind men and the Elephant. Each touches the animal and arrives at a different description of the beast. Patch sees out his windshield only what is visible from the highway. I guess the readers can decide for themselves who’s got the better picture, a greenhorn delivery driver stopping to drop off beer, or a 10-year resident of the town who completed graduate studies in geology and mining at the MacKay School of Mines. (I don’t usually mention my credentials for if my reasoning fails who cares what initials I have after my name?)
Before our truck driving expert offers his interpretation of water resources in Nevada maybe he should do a little research first. The ground water aquifer that Patch and Mason Valley relies upon has only a reported 2,000 acre feet annual recharge.
Aquifer systems in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states; summary report
" Many ground-water studies in the Basin and Range Province have provided evidence that ground-water flow may occur in deep aquifers between groundwater units. Paleozoic carbonate rocks at depth in southern and eastern Nevada and western Utah are believed to constitute large regional flow systems. The flow system in southern Nevada has been described by Winograd and Thordarson (1975); the flow system in western Utah has been identified by Gates and Kruer (1981). Flow beneath adjacent ground-water units also has been inferred by many studies in Nevada and Utah based on water-budget calculations. Price and Eakin (1974) summarize much of the information on interbasin flow of ground water in the Great Basin."
https://www.academia.edu/102422076/Aquifer_systems_in_the_Great_Basin_region_of_Nevada_Utah_and_adjacent_states_summary_report b.