Soon the Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA), the folks who supply your water, will ask their Board of Directors (BOD) to approve the “Draft Water Resource Plan 2016-2035″. (The BOD membership is composed of 3 from the Reno City Council and 2 each from the Sparks City Council and Washoe County Commission.) Unfortunately, the draft Plan falls well short of Continue Reading »
Take a moment to comment on the TMWA Water Resource Plan covering the period from 2016-2035. The plan outlines water resources and uses for the TMWA service area for the next 20 years. Some areas of the plan are particularly weak or dismissive of important issues. One of the glaring oversights in the plan ignores the impact Continue Reading »
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, the City of Reno, and the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation are sponsoring a cleanup of Reno’s Virginia Lake Park. Volunteers will be supplied with trash bags and tools. The cleanup lasts until noon; volunteers should meet at 9 AM at the west side of the park in the children’s play area. Contact jaime Continue Reading »
Tahoe got a slight up tick last Monday (11/2) from the storm which saw significant rainfall of nearly an inch in the Reno area. It didn’t last, though. In fact, Tahoe stands lower this Friday (11/6) than it did before the storm. Of course, the snow and colder temperatures keeps the water in the mountains Continue Reading »
The latest forecast map from the Climate Prediction Center shows Northern Nevada and California in a “drought persists/intensifies” category through January 2016. This seasonal outlook is an update from an earlier map which only went through December. The report accompanying the map has this to say regarding California and the Sierra: “For the Southwest, El Niño Continue Reading »