Online Documents and Reports
This page lists various reports and technical documents on the Truckee River watershed. They have been classified into the following resource categories: water quality, hydrology, biota, modeling and regulatory. Please click on the title for a summary (abstract) and download link. Some of the papers include data which may be usable to the viewer, and there is an info tag on the summary page, indicating "contains data". This data must be extracted by the user, as they are not available through the query interface.
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Regional Water Planning Commission Washoe County Department of Water Resources 4930 Energy Way Reno, NV 89502 Tel: 775-954-4665 Fax: 775-954-4610 Purpose: The purpose of the Comprehensive Regional Water Management Plan (Regional Water Plan) is to provide the region with an outline of how water will be managed to meet the needs of the citizens into the future. Major components of the plan are identification of future water supply and wastewater facilities, regional flood control and drainage projects, and development of a water conservation program.
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The objective of this project is two-fold; to develop a benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index using existing data to apply to the main stems of the rivers of west central Nevada (the Truckee River, the Carson River, and the Walker River) and to evaluate physical habitat measurements for the main stem of the Truckee River as a potential assessment tool
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This document describes a fish assemblage IBI for western Nevada rivers, and how it is applied it to the Truckee River.
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The objectives of the current activities were to determine if sufficient data was available to derive preliminary periphyton-based metrics that could be used in a periphyton-based indices of ecological condition for the Lower Truckee River, which could in turn be used to derive more comprehensive indices of biological integrity (IBI) based on fish, macroinvertebrates and periphyton populations. Derivation of metrics and indices was made possible through the use of relatively recent (2000 to 2004) seasonal periphyton data that was collected from 11 to 15 locations from California-Nevada border to Pyramid Lake. Although, the levels of taxonomic information from the different data sets were not always comparable, several candidate metrics and indices encompassing information from both the species level and the genera level were identified, calculated and evaluated.
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The objective of our analysis was to develop a biological index for benthic macroinvertebrates for the Nevada portion of the mainstem of the Truckee River using preexisting data. We analyzed data collected by four separate entities, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP), Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT), Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF), and Desert Research Institute (DRI).
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The scope of the current study involved collecting another set of aquatic food web samples in March 2004 on the Truckee River for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. This report presents the methods and results of this sampling.
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US EPA Method for determining physical habitat conditions using method for assessments. This method is being used by PLPT in tandem with benthic macroinvertebrate sampling, to further describe the watershed and potential causes for impaired results in bmi populations.
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This project is in progress through DRI, with Alan McKay as one of the PIs. This project was described as an exploration of watershed-specific nuances in algal growth/uptake that may differ significantly from previously held scientific beliefs based on growth in other river systems. Better science will make for more accurate modeling on these systems.
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The factors controlling nitrogen availability, and hence algal productivity, in Pyramid Lake differ from those in the Truckee River, and therefore, an assessment of the impacts of water management strategies must reflect those differences. As a lake, algal production in Pyramid is affected by total available nitrogen from external sources, internal sources, and the nitrogen concentration of lake waters.
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A hydrogeologic investigation was undertaken to characterize the groundwater system in the Fernley Basin and to determine the total dissolved solids (TDS) loading to the Truckee River between the towns of Wadsworth and Nixon. A groundwater flow and transport model was constructed to integrate all of the available data and to predict the potential loadings under various management alternatives.
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Numerical models that simulate river temperature have come into common use by managers concerned with water quality (pollutant loading) as well as biological communities.
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The major streams in Nevada have had TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) established for several years. While these TMDLs seem to satisfy the requirements of the Clean Water Act, they have contributed little to any watershed/waterbody assessment and restoration plans.
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This document provides a description of data available to support water quality modeling in the Truckee River Basin (DSAMMt model). Conditions within the Truckee Basin have changed considerably throughout the 19th century (beaver importation, riparian tree removal, channelization, flow diversion for agriculture, flood control, Marble Bluff Dam, grazing, flow augmentation, riparian restoration, etc.). Future changes are expected associated with river operations, flood control, and channel restoration. Although it is one of the better studied rivers in the world, there are significant gaps in our knowledge of the system.
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Nevada State Question 1 Truckee River Funding Project Book
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Previous investigations by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and others reported elevated concentrations of a variety of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in Truckee River sediment collected in and downstream of the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area in Nevada in 1998.
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A 208 Water Quality Planning document created with funding from the USEPA to evaluate a potential water quality program for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
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The Comprehensive Resource Management Plan (CRMP) is a reservation-wide plan for all resource management planning on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
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This plan was created in partnership with the USEPA to assess and manage NPS on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
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Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Tribe Nonpoint Source Assessment and Management Plan
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A Water Quality Control Plan for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, approved by the USEPA 10/03/2008.
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This assessment and management plan provides an updated assessment of nonpoint source pollution concerns for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. The 2011 update builds upon the research and results compiled for the 1994 Plan. In addition, the revision will reevaluate the concerns and provide an updated ranking of priority NPS issues. For each of these NPS concerns, possible treatment options are suggested. The updated plan will serve as a tool in the Tribe’s efforts to protect water quality and associated designated beneficial uses on reservation waters. **** This edition is a public review draft. Please submit comments via the contact information or our website.
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As part of its Natural Urban Systems Group, TreePeople has been involved in the implementation of several retrofits designed to restore the natural functions of urban sites.
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Reach Y Restoration Feasibility Assessment
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Reach Y Restoration Feasibility Assessment