Water right · Elko County, Nevada, United States

Great Salt Lake Desert effluent water right 52075

Great Salt Lake Desert effluent water right 52075 is a permitted water right in Elko County, Nevada, United States, with 1,448 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by City of West Wendover.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceWater right 52075 (Great Salt Lake Desert effluent)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationElko County, NevadaNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (permit)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderCity of West WendoverNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume1,448 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow56.6 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date3 May 1988Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useStorageNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceGreat Salt Lake Desert effluentNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates40.7255, -114.0605Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares by face-value volume

Great Salt Lake Desert effluent water right 52075 is the 61st-largest of 251 storage and power rights in Nevada and the 368th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 1,448 acre-ft/year. Its uses include storage or power, so its face value counts water held in a reservoir or run through turbines, not water consumed. It is ranked among storage and power rights only, and face values are not added up.

WithinRank
Nevada61st of 251
United States368th of 907

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Pilot PeakMine—Operating20 km
Long CanyonMine—Operating48 km

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