A proposed water pipeline project that would tunnel under the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area is one step closer to construction after a unanimous Senate vote Thursday. The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, introduced by Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, directs the Department of the Interior to grant the Southern Nevada Water Authority rights-of-way for the construction and operation of a 40-mile water pipeline beneath the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. The pipeline would have the capacity to carry 375 million gallons of water per day to Henderson and the southern Las Vegas Valley.

Other pipeline and canal news:

• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): Cal-OSHA probing Yuba Water, security firm after deluge from Colgate pipe rupture
• The Union Democrat (Marysville, Calif.): PG&E expects to have water flowing again in Main Tuolumne Canal by March 13
• KLAS (Las Vegas, Nev.): Utah pipeline could affect groundwater near Nevada’s Great Basin National Park
• FOX5/KVVU: Bill to build water pipeline under federally protected land south of Las Vegas heads to president’s desk
• 2News (Las Vegas, Nev.): Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo showed his support for the passage of federal legislation to safeguard southern Nevada water