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Nov 19, 2023 · For decades, the county, local towns, tribes and environmentalists fought the Southern Nevada Water Authority over a plan to build a pipeline to pump the region’s groundwater for municipal use...
May 30, 2023 · The latest effort, an agreement between Nevada, California and Arizona, would cut water usage by more than 3 million acre-feet over the next three years. But how will they do it? And is that...
Mar 28, 2024 · Nevada Irrigation District (NID) customers will be asked to voluntarily cut back on their water use by 20 percent for the remainder of the year as a result of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) unplanned outages on the South Yuba Canal and Spaulding Reservoir.
- Nevada Irrigation District Takes Over Gold Rush Canals
- Yuba-Bear River Power Project Adds Massive Capacity
- Western Nevada County’s Smaller Water Districts
- Water Service Providers in Eastern Nevada County
A.L. Williams sailed from New York to Panama in February of 1850, and from there to San Francisco, arriving on April 30. In January of 1851, he and his brother and their business partners took over Moore’s “crazy” project, extending the canal another 12 miles to Rough and Ready—the first large mining ditch in California. By the early years of the 2...
In 1962, voters in the district approved a $65 million bond issue (about $590 million in today’s money) to build the Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Power Project, which not only created a new power source but also a network of new canals and reservoirs—as well as 145,000 new acre-feet of water storage capacity for the district. (One acre-foot equals about...
Two other, much smaller water districts also provide water for small slices of western Nevada County. The San Juan Ridge Water Districtwas formed in 1958 in an area around the small town of North San Juan. In 1971 the district merged with the neighboring French Corral County Water District, but by 1975 the district no longer had that capacity to pr...
In the eastern region of Nevada County, two separate public utility districtsare responsible for providing water services. The Truckee Donner PUD started life in 1927 as an electricity provider for Truckee and surrounding areas. Eight years later, it began providing water as well, expanding its services as new residential development spread through...
- Jonathan Vankin
Mar 28, 2024 · GRASS VALLEY — The Nevada Irrigation District has sounded the alarm for a water shortage after two canals failed, blocking access to regular supply. When the South Yuba Canal failed in early...
- CBS News Sacramento
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Aug 9, 2024 · The situation has impacted deliveries to all NID customers (raw water and treated water customers in Nevada and Placer counties) and has had severe effects on lake levels and recreation opportunities this summer.
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Mar 14, 2023 · CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are considering a remarkable shift in allowing the water agency that manages the Colorado River supply for Las Vegas to limit single-family residential use in the desert city and surrounding county.
