Tuesday October 1, 2024
Hydro Review —
The Nevada Irrigation District (NID) in California has decided to move forward with a plan to increase water storage at its Rollins Reservoir and abandon a long-standing plan to build the new Centennial Reservoir Project.
Citing the fundamental responsibility to provide a reliable future water supply to the community, NID is moving forward with the storage alternatives evaluated in the Plan for Water process. Since November 2021, the Plan for Water process has involved community participation and input at monthly public workshops.
The Board of Directors approved a resolution in support of increasing storage at Rollins Reservoir and withdraw NID’s state-filed application to build the proposed Centennial Reservoir Project. The district will discontinue all feasibility, environmental and other analyses in support of a Centennial project.
“[The] decision was based on nearly three years of extensive work through the Plan for Water process, which has identified, in addition to storage alternatives, strategic scenarios that seek to determine how to meet NID’s future water supply needs of our community for the next 50 years,” said NID General Manager Jennifer Hanson.