Central Nevada Regional Water Authority | November 6, 2026

The Central Nevada Regional Water Authority meeting, held November 6, 2026, in Churchill County commission chambers, approved a professional services agreement with Caleb Cage of ARCDOM Strategies to provide government-affairs support during Nevada’s 2027 legislative session. The agreement covers February 1 through May 31, 2027, for $10,000 total—not per month—and authorizes the executive director to sign it. The motion passed without opposition. The board also approved sending a letter to the governor advocating funding for the Nevada Water Initiative; members discussed a requested $2 million annual investment. A legislative committee’s recommendations, reviewed at the meeting, included a proposed $3 million appropriation for water-rights retirement, but the authority did not vote to approve that appropriation.

Other discussion covered the 2026–27 groundwater monitoring program, including drought, declining water levels in some basins, access to monitoring wells, and coordination with state and federal agencies. The board discussed possible legislation enabling county or regional groundwater boards to advise county commissioners on basin management and related projects; this was presented as a legislative proposal, not an adopted policy. No procurement action was identified for the monitoring program. Public comment raised concerns about Nevada Department of Wildlife water-right applications and potential effects on ranching, with a request to place the issue on a future agenda.