Truckee Meadows Water Authority in western Nevada turned to drought reserves
6/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Washoe County, NV
Reno, NV
Sparks, NV
Start Date: 6/23/2015
- End Date: 9/22/2015
Water customers of the Truckee Meadows Water Authority conserved enough water during the summer that it was unnecessary to tap into Independence Lake for more water. The TMWA used water from Boca and Stampede reservoirs and Donner Lake during the summer and used roughly 10,000 acre-feet, or about twice as much as was used in the summer of 2014.
Customers met the request for a voluntary cut in water use of 10 percent
Reno Gazette-Journal (Nev.), Sept. 22, 2015
Truckee Meadows began using its drought reserves on June 23 and has asked customers and even private well owners to curb water use by at least 10 percent.
KRNV News 4 (Reno, Nev.), June 23, 2015
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