GARDNERVILLE " A hearing to start sorting out water rights along creeks entering the southwestern Carson Valley attracted nearly two dozen people to Douglas County District Court last week .
Judge Dave Gamble divided into six parts the adjudication of the state water engineer's order to determine the water rights on Mott Creek, Taylor Creek, Cary Creek, Monument Creek, Bulls Canyon, Stutler Creek, Sheridan Creek, Gansberg Spring, Sharpe Spring, Wheeler Creeks No. 1 and 2, Miller Creek, Beers Spring, Luther Creek and several other unnamed water sources.
At least three of the parts appear near settlement in the case. Gamble organized the case and told attorneys to enter motions to intervene to participate.
"I'm going to be very liberal in allowing those who want to intervene to participate," he said.
He gave attorneys 30 days total to file their paperwork, with initial filings due in five days.
Adjudication of the state engineer's order will be the culmination of more than two decades' work to research and distribute the water from the streams that drain into Carson Valley from the Carson Range.
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