The Southern Nevada Water Authority, not the BLM, is responsible for this disaster-in-the-making. The Nevada state engineer, who allocates water rights in the Silver State, has jurisdiction over how much ground water SNWA can appropriate and pump, not the BLM. Still, it was disappointing to learn that the BLM's final environmental study is greased to allow SNWA to build the pipeline over federal lands. The BLM is responsible for looking after the affected federal lands, and there it has failed in its duty.