Watershed Assessments for Tributaries to the Truckee River

In 2002, the Washoe County Department of Water Resources... initiated a Watershed Management and Protection Plan. The first Watershed Assessment study was needed to establish baseline conditions. In Spring 2002, this first study on tributaries to the Truckee River was conducted, with a broad range of information. Since 2005, the Truckee Meadows Storm Water Permit Coordinating Committee has authorized and funded watershed assessments for tributaries to the Truckee River. As such, study funding has provided annually by the three entities who coordinate under the storm water permit: City of Reno, City of Sparks, and Washoe County. In 2010, The Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission began to dedicate funds to storm water protection as well, to offset economic burdens facing the three local entities in the current poor economy.

The assessment program includes the following tributaries to the Truckee River:
North Trucke Drain; Peavine Mountain, Verdi, and North Carson Range (Alum, Chalk, Dog, Hunter, Mogul, N. Evans, Peavine, Roberts, Sunrise); South Truckee Meadows (Browns, Dry, Galena, Jones, S. Evans, Thomas, Whites); Washoe Valley (Davis, Lewers, McEwen, Musgrove, Ophir).  Each tributary is not monitored every single year, only urbanizing ones. Determinations are made on which reaches will be monitored each year, for the tribs.

Attached below, please find annual reports and related information: including 2005, 2008, 2010 Watershed Assessment reports and 2006 Jones Creek study