Environmentalists and Native American activists are urging the U.S. Interior Department to investigate potential groundwater depletion linked to Lithium Americas’ Thacker Pass mine in Nevada. They claim a study reveals a significant drop in the water table since 2018, threatening the survival of a rare snail species.
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They say it’s alarming that an analysis of groundwater data from a nearby well that was conducted by Payton Gardner, an assistant professor of hydrogeology at the University of Montana, shows a drop in the water table of nearly 5 feet since 2018. Nevada regulators say they have no information so far that would confirm declining levels but have vowed to monitor the situation during the mine's lifespan.
Western Watersheds Project and the other opponents say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to rule in a timely fashion on a 2022 petition to list the snail as threatened or endangered. The allegations outlined in the opponents' notice follow requests for federal biologists to investigate whether groundwater drawdowns are being caused by exploratory drilling and other activities and whether there have been impacts to the springs.
Prior data showed groundwater levels had remained stable from the 1960s to 2018. Construction started at the site in 2023.
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