Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the General Manager’s Newsletter. Read on to learn about what is happening at the District this month.  

In this edition:

• Campfire restrictions go into effect
• NID Business Office entrance temporarily shifts due to construction
• Conservation rebates: mulch, turf removal and more 
• Total reservoir storage at 103% of average

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2025

June 2025

NID completes upgrades at Dutch Flat No. 2 Powerhouse; Conservation Rebates: mulch, turf removal and more; Bowman dispersed camping: Why "Pack It In, Pack It Out" matters; NID Water Quality Report available; Reservoir storage charts – see the water levels; Water conservation tips

 May 2025: NID takes steps to combat threat of golden mussels (boat seal program quarantine or decontamination at Rollins and Scotts Flat reservoirs); temporary closure of boat launches at Jackson Meadows and Bowman reservoirs; Annual Water Quality Report is released; New! Mulch rebate program launches. Up to $50 for NID customers; water-wise living through conservation: rebates available 

April 2025: South Yuba Canal strengthened with metal flume sheets; irrigation season starts; golden mussels- NID boat seal quarantine program in effect ahead of May 1 boating season; April snow survey -- snowpack 98% of average; Scotts Flat Reservoir ‘No Motor Day’ is May 18 

March 2025: Water supply for irrigation season 2025 is discouraging; March snow survey – snowpack is 96% average; Boat seal program begins March 20; reservoirs full at 115% of average

February 2025: Board of Directors continue emergency water shortage; water conservation required - reduce by 20%; water supply update - reservoirs full, 118% of average; boat launches closed until May, quarantine program announced; In the Field: Newtown canal improvements

January 2025: Golden Mussels update: boat launches at Rollins and Scotts Flat remain temporarily closed; Clear Creek Elementary School students learn about water; water supply update - average for the year but dry weather has impacts; NID receives award for excellence in financial reporting

2024

December 2024: New Directors sworn in and president, VP elected for 2025; Scotts Flat, Rollins boat launches closed due to threat of golden mussels; Save the Date: camping reservation period opens on Jan. 2, 2025; English Meadow restoration update with photos, history

November 2024: Working to reduce lead exposure in our water system; Board appoints Division 4 Director - meet Earl Stephens; NID receives “Partner of the Year” award from Bear Yuba Land Trust

October 2024:  Fall preparation around the District - see the work; Division 4 Director vacancy (applications taken for new appointment); Hydropower conducts its annual outage — Chicago Park and Dutch Flat

September 2024:  Board of Directors prefers to increase storage at Rollins, votes to abandon Centennial; Division 4 Director Trevor Caulder resigns. Applications open for new appointment; Mandatory conservation continues in efforts to refill Rollins and Scotts Flat 

August 2024: Update: Lake Spaulding infrastructure repairs, actual vs forecasted reservoir levels (see the low water conditions), mandatory conservation continues in efforts to refill the reservoirs 

Plan for Water Final Technical Memorandum is released--details about strategic alternatives to meet future water needs  

July 2024: Update - Lake Spaulding infrastructure repairs; learn to become more water efficient with commonsense conservation; goats graze to reduce fire fuel vegetation

June 2024:  NID and PCWA issue a joint response to Lake Spaulding infrastructure damage; NID implements mandatory water conservation measures; Water Quality Report released. NID water exceeds gov’t standards

May 2024: Water shortage update; permanent fix to South Yuba Pipe underway to allow flows in late August;  customers respond to conservation request, “Plan for Water” is statewide finalist for excellence award

April 2024:  Water shortage emergency declared; the District has created a webpage with updates and downloadable information; irrigation season begins, voluntary conservation requested; what is grown with NID irrigation water? See the Top Crops 2024 list  

March 2024: NID declares water shortage emergency; call for water conservation after PG&E suffers significant infrastructure damage; NID receives planning grant funding for 3,000-acre forest health project with TNF; Save the date: Mulch Magic Giveaway is April 27; Water efficiency tips: now’s the time to fix a leak

February 2024: Unimpaired flows to the Bay-Delta threaten our water supply, NID Directors approve the naming of “Hoot Owl Lake, Infrastructure: new short videos released, and NID snow survey for February: 55% of average water content (before the storms)

January 2024: Planting the seeds of recovery from the River Fire, book your summer campsites now, Long Ravine campsites cleaned before winter storms, low-income water bill assistance program extended, reservoir Levels 105% of average, NID Infrastructure Library: An A-Z listing of District dams, reservoirs, canals, and more