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TRUCKEE DONNER
Public Utility District
WORKSHOP
To: Board of Directors
From: Brian Wright
Date: March 19, 2019
Subject: Overview of Regional Water Supply
1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE BOARD
This item is an informational workshop regarding regional water supply management.
2. HISTORY
The clean, safe, and reliable drinking water delivered by the District to our customers
every day, is pumped from deep groundwater wells located throughout the Martis
Valley Groundwater Basin (MVGB). The MVGB is located within a larger system of
regional watersheds and groundwater basins from which neighboring public and
private water systems aslso draw. These watersheds and groundwater basins include
the Lake Tahoe Basin, Truckee River Basin, and the Olympic Valley Groundwater
Basin, in addition to several other smaller lakes and reservoirs.
The responsibility for oversight and management of these various groundwater and
surface water resources is placed upon a wide range of Federal, State and local
agencies, as well as collaborative agreements, such as TROA, and sustainability
plans put in place by regional stakeholders. Additionally, the rights to beneficial use of
these water resources are governed and manged by water rights laws, adjudications
and regional agreements. The Lake Tahoe and Truckee River Basins have local
examples of many of these forms of water rights and resource management
3. NEW INFORMATION
This workshop item will provide a high level overview of regional water resources, the
systems in place to manage these resources, and current utilization by public and
private water systems. The workshop will also provide an opportunity to discuss
current trends in regional water oversight and legislation, as well as the potential for
groundwater development resources in the future.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this item.
5. RECOMMENDATION
Participate in this strategic workshop.
Michael D. Holley
General Manager / Water Utility Director