Truckee Meadows Regional Storm Water Management Program

The City of Reno, Washoe County, and City of Sparks share a municipal Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) discharge permit for the Truckee Meadows region. These three entities also have an Interlocal Agreement for watershed protection throughout the region. City of Reno acts as coordinator and administrator for the Truckee Meadows Regional Storm Water Permit Coordinating Committee, which has been dubbed "the Truckee Meadows Watershed Council" (TMWC). 

The TMWC meets monthly, and monitors surface water quality in streams throughout the region quarterly per the Sample Analysis Plan. Storm events are monitored annually, to better understand water quality effects of urbanization and monitor first flush of pollutants leaving the land surfaces. See SAPs attached below.

The TMWC entities also participated in the Truckee Meadows Coordinated Monitoring program, managed contracts and the grant providing assistance, and provided sampling maps, editing, and other activities.

The TMWC has funded annual Tributary Assessments be completed in the Truckee Meadows area. These field surveys have involved staff from various groups and agencies along with contractors Jeff and Ben Jesch of Hillside Design, in assessing the Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) of our various tributaries to the Truckee River. Find the 2010 assessment attached below.