NID Feature Stories

Welcome to NID's Feature Story page. Here we will include stories about the how the District operates and what it takes to keeop the water flowing to customers.

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Winter Water Conservation – Let’s Save Water Together

Can you save a snowman by shortening your daily showers? While it’s true each minute you shave off your shower time saves up to 2.5 gallons of water…

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NID Drinking Water as pure as its High Sierra Source

When the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) was formed in 1921, it was to bring pure Sierra Nevada snowmelt to the foothills, providing water for…

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2024 Emergency Water Shortage is Real

A statewide water organization recently published the story “NID Faces Dry Summer After Wet Winter,” alerting its public agency members about the…

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When the water can’t flow: conservation is necessary

How to become more water efficient around your property and at home

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NID Feature Story: Our Community Dependence on the South Yuba Canal

This Gold Rush canal, from the headwaters in the Sierra Nevada, is the lifeblood of local communities, agriculture

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NID Feature Story: Water infrastructure: what it takes to deliver water to you

The words “water infrastructure” have been making headlines lately in California and across the nation. In news stories and government websites…

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Unimpaired flows to the Bay-Delta threaten our water supply

In the early 1920s, Nevada County farmers, ranchers and average citizens rallied the vote to establish a district that could secure a dependable water…

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The Legacy of Local Water

There was a moment in time, precisely in 1917, when the notion of a local irrigation district formed. Cattle ranchers Munson Bernard “Bert” Church and…

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