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Drew Johnson: “We actually are using much less than our allotted amount…”

Featuring: Drew Johnson, Libertarian-leaning Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Nevada, District 3

Nevada Newsmakers - May 6, 2022 - Drew Johnson (R) Candidate Clark County Commission, District F

Published May 6, 2022 | Video Starts at 15:22

I actually had a tour at Lake Mead the other day and spoke with a park service ranger who said that We actually are using much less than our allotted amount according to the Colorado River Compact. And so we could grow quite a bit before we get in a position of being in real peril like Arizona currently is. (15:22–15:28)

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Asserts that current water usage is below the allotted amount per the Colorado River Compact.

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“80% of the people, according to one study I saw, opposed the name change from McCarran to Harry Reid International.”
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“He was actually talking about ways to get Metro Police involved to make sure that people's voices were silenced.”
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“We could grow quite a bit before we get in a position of being in real peril like Arizona currently is.”
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“The compact, which determines how much water each state can take from the Colorado river, was made in 1929 for Nevada, for California. For…”
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“One is working at the federal level to kind of encourage California to move towards desalinization plans.”
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“The other I think plausible option is to look at the Columbia river and which dumps a ton of their water into the ocean every year.”
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“We've got to make more of these federal lands available to Clark County.”
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“The lands that we're talking about getting back from the federal government isn't Red Rock, it isn't the fossil site.”
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“It's being blocked by environmental extremists, frankly.”
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