This history book was published to celebrate NID’s formation and the bold steps it took throughout a century to ensure water would be available to foothill communities.

Download the history book by chapter or in its entirety. It’s free to the public.

DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE BOOK click here (113 MB)

*** An ADA digital version also is available upon request

READ AND DOWNLOAD THE BOOK BY CHAPTER. Click on the chapter of interest.

Introduction (5,968 KB)

Chapter 1 – The Gold Rush Brings Early Water Development (12,210 KB)

Chapter 2 - The Birth of Local Agriculture (6,159 KB)

Chapter 3 - Dreams of Water Lead to the Formation of Nevada Irrigation District (4,159 KB)

Chapter 4 - The New District Takes Shape (4,044 KB)

Chapter 5 - Securing a Water Supply from the High Sierra (9,185 KB)

Chapter 6 – Building the Dream with Ditches and Canals (4,817 KB)

Chapter 7 - The First Water Flows to Customers (8,039 KB)

Chapter 8 – The Durbrow Years and the Creation of Scotts Flat Reservoir (5,067 KB)

Chapter 9 - Tough Financial Times: 1940s and 1950s (3,833 KB)

Chapter 10 - The Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project (8,463 KB)

Chapter 11 – Water Quality Comes of Age (4,474 KB)

Chapter 12 – NID Grows with the Community (8,720 KB)

Chapter 13 – Thinking about Water in a Different, Better Way (4,247 KB)

Chapter 14 – Water for the 21st Century (6,665 KB)

Chapter 15 – NID Focuses on Modernization: the 2010s (9,964 KB)

Chapter 16 – Drought Impacts Reach Far and Wide (3,388 KB)

Chapter 17 – Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years (5,579 KB)

Appendices – (including chronology, lists and canal system and facilities, and more) (1,494 KB)