Nevada County Water Digest

Read the letter from PG&E regarding the update provided at the October 23 Nevada Irrigation District meeting.

Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.

Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could harm more salmon and other endangered fish.

A report on the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors October 9 meeting and the PG&E update on repairs to the Spaulding Powerhouse.

In their October 23 meeting, the Nevada Irrigation District approved funding for the completion of the Maben Canal project.

Most of us operate on the calendar year — the 12 months that begin on January 1 and end on December 31.

Learn more about the upcoming Sierra Nevada Alliance Conservation Conference to be held November 7-8 at outh Lake Tahoe at Lake Tahoe Community College.

In their October 8 meeting, the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors were informed by a PG&E official that the utility was not going to disclose information about the root cause of the outages at the Spaulding powerhouse.

Applications are open for an open seat representing Division 4 on the Nevada Irrigation District.

In their September 25 meeting, the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors voted to withdraw consideration of building the new Centennial reservoir and instead move forward with expanding the storage capacity of Rollins Reservoir.

The California state goal to conserve 30% of its land and coastal waters has advanced, with conserved lands reaching 25% and coastal waters 16%.

Learn how the Nevada Irrigation District works with state and local partners to improve forest resilience to wildfires to protect local watersheds.

Following a two-year process exploring the future water needs of the region, the Nevada Irrigation District released its "Plan for Water Final Technical Memorandum."

A new delay is pushing repairs to Spaulding Powerhouse #2 beyond the previously expected mid-September completion date.

A heavy-lift helicopter chartered by PG&E delivered and set the last pipe segment necessary to complete repairs on the South Yuba Pipe on August 6.

PG&E reports that repairs to the South Yuba Pipe are taking longer than expected, pushing the completion date out to mid-September.

A Kings County judge today issued a temporary restraining order against the state that pauses its unprecedented move to crack down on groundwater depletion in California’s agricultural heartland.

PG&E reported progress in repairs to the Spaulding Powerhouse and South Yuba Pipe.

Harnessing clean energy is a venture of unprecedented scope in California, bringing big changes to Humboldt and the Central Coast, and requiring 26 ports along the coast.

The Nevada Irrigation District announced rotating short-term water outages for a limited number of canals in the face of extreme temperatures and limited water supply.

The measures are substantially weaker than a previous proposal after an onslaught of criticism. But they will still save enough water through 2050 to supply the state’s entire population for a year, at a cost of $4.7 billion.

The Nevada Irrigation District announced new mandatory water conservation measures.

Almost 400 suppliers, two-thirds in communities of color, don’t meet safety and reliability standards. Fixing them would cost billions.

In a June 20 meeting, the Placer County Water Agency received a PG&E update on the Spaulding Powerhouse repairs, including a determination of the cause of the problem.

A new round of litigation began when environmental groups opposed to the Sites reservoir in Colusa County filed an appeal on a ruling which dismissed their suit seeking to halt the project from proceeding.

Legal rights to use water — particularly those obtained prior to 1914 — lie at the heart of California’s perpetual wrangling over the allocation of increasingly limited water supplies.

In the June 13 meeting of the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors, frustration and a lack of confidence were expressed in the repeated PG&E shifting of a completion date for repairs to the Spaulding Powerhouse as directors grappled with how best to proceed.

Aiming to store more water and protect the public, legislators are negotiating with the governor to restore $50 million to help repair 42 aging dams throughout the state.

PG&E announced that repairs at the Spaulding Powerhouse are now expected to be completed by late July.

A new study, conducted by researchers at three University of California campuses, projects that a combination of factors will reduce California’s water supply by up to 9 million acre-feet a year.

The $4.5 billion Sites Reservoir project is advancing after a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by environmental groups.