Supporting documents to provide more information about the PFW process.

 General Information

• Planning Matrix 
• Planning Matrices Archive (2021-2024)
• Plan for Water Objectives
• FAQ - overview
• Glossary of Terms
• NID Community Survey results
• NID Community Survey comments made by respondents
• FAQ Community Survey Comments Response
• Plan for Water Final Technical Memorandum (August 2024)

Meeting Information and Correspondence: 

Sept. 25, 2024

NID moves forward to meet future water needs of the community - Raising Rollins Dam preferred option, proposed Centennial Project is abandoned

Citing the fundamental responsibility to provide a reliable future water supply to the community, the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) is moving forward with the storage alternatives evaluated in the Plan for Water process.

The District’s Board of Directors approved a resolution during its Sept. 25 meeting in support of increasing storage at Rollins Reservoir. It also provides direction to withdraw NID’s State-filed application to build the proposed Centennial Reservoir Project. Also, the District will discontinue all feasibility, environmental and other analyses in support of a Centennial project.

Click here to read the news release

Aug. 20, 2024

Plan for Water Final Technical Memorandum is released

After more than two years of public discussions about the best ways to meet the community’s demand for water over the coming decades, the Plan for Water Final Technical Memorandum has been released by NID.

The Memorandum details strategic alternatives and how future supply and demand scenarios may be integrated into the District's water management practices and capital improvement projects.

Click here to read the summary

Click here to read the Memorandum

Aug. 19, 2024

• Email Correspondence - Plan for Water (PFW) Scheduling and the PFW Report Status - H. Michael Ross

March 21, 2024 

• Agenda - March 21, 2024 
• Presentation: Reservoir Operations Modeling
• Enlarged Rollins Reservoir Concepts Opinion of Probable Construction Costs - Draft

January 25, 2024

• Agenda - Jan. 25, 2024 workshop
• Presentation: Strategic Alternatives - Jan. 25, 2024
• Demand Node Inputs: Modeling to Calculate Water Demand for the Next 50 Years

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• NID response to H. Michael Ross documents submission
• PFW documents submission - H. Michael Ross
• NID response to G. Zimmerman correspondence
• Correspondence - Comments for Jan. 25 meeting - Gary Zimmerman
• NID response to D. Suarez correspondence
• Email correspondence - Comment for Jan. 25 meeting - Dianna Suarez

November 13, 2023

• Update: Draft Operations Analysis Spreadsheet
• Nov. 13, 2023 Agenda
• Presentation - Strategy Options Discussion

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• Email correspondence - comment on Alternatives Spreadsheet

October 10, 2023

• Oct. 10, 2023 Agenda
• Presentation: NID PFW Reservoir Operations Modeling Results Summary Climate Change Scenarios

August, 2023

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• NID response to O. Wallin
• Fire History as it informs Water Planning - O. Wallin

June 27, 2023

• Presentation: NID PFW Demand Model - Development Updates and Sensitivity Analyses

May 23, 2023

• Revised Presentation with updated climate change information
• Presentation: NID-PFW Global Climate Projections and Unimpaired Hydrology

April 11, 2023

• Presentation: HEC-HMS Model

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• NID response to Foothill Water Network and SYRCL correspondence
• Email correspondence from Foothill Water Network and SYRCL

February 21, 2023

• Presentation: ResSim Model

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• Email correspondence: Comment for the Plan for Water Hydrology TM Historic Data- Dianna Suarez (Feb. 5, 2023)
• Follow-up Email correspondence 03/08 : Comment for the Plan for Water Hydrology TM Historic Data - Dianna Suarez
• Meeting video

January 10, 2023

• Presentation: Demand Model Data Sources and Assumptions
• Meeting video
• Meeting minutes

Public Correspondence

• Correspondence from Foothills Water Network and South Yuba River Citizens League (Jan. 25, 2023) "PFW Questions"
• NID Response to PFW Questions-Foothills Water Network and South Yuba River Citizens League (Feb. 7, 2023)
• Email correspondence: Questions: "Demand Model Data Sources & Assumptions" - George Olive
• Email correspondence: Plan for Water Hydrology and Demand Model - Dianna Suarez
  • Attachment: spreadsheet showing actual use (sales) from 2010-2018 and "historical simulation" projections for 2015-2040, from past water management plans
  • Attachment: Department of Water Resources Bulletin No. 115 - Yuba and Bear Rivers Basin Investigation from April of 1964

Dec. 13, 2022

• Presentation Stage 6 "Basis for the Plan for Water"
• Meeting minutes

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• Email correspondence regarding "Basis for Plan for Water" Stage 6

Nov. 7, 2022

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• NID response to SYRCL & Foothills Water Network: Oct. 26, 2022 Stakeholder input
• SYRCL and Foothills Water Network: Stakeholder input

Oct. 11, 2022

• Agenda Oct. 11 2022
• Strategic Priorities - meeting document 
• Meeting video Oct. 11. 2022

Oct. 4, 2022

• Meeting video Oct. 4 2022
• Meeting presentation / documents

Sept. 13, 2022

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• Michael Ross - Metric Glossary Terms
• Michael Ross - 2022 Utility Benchmarking Performance Indicators
• Michael Ross - AWWA Metrics Guidance Report 2010
• Comments - Jay Lund

Aug. 23, 2022 

• NID Community Survey results
• NID Community Survey comments made by respondents
• Presentation packet

1. Plan for Water Matrix and Process Check-in
2. Review of Strategic Goals Progress - review and discuss NID’s strategic goals progress 
3. Review Survey Results - review and discuss results from recent on-line survey
4. Public SWOT Presentations - Receive presentation(s) from members of the public regarding their Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) analysis of NID
5. Staff SWOT Presentation

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

• Comments - Dianna Suarez
• Terms - Michael Ross
• Strategic Input to PFW Horizons and IWR Framework - Michael Ross

Aug. 9, 2022

• Strategic Plan initiatives
• Strategic priorities and comparison matrix
• Presentation - Stage 5 Strategic Planning
• Meeting video Aug. 9 2022
• Comments - Michael Ross  

• NID Strategic Plan 2016-2018

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE

July 12, 2022

• Presentation Risk - Stage 4: The workshop included a risk analysis and mitigation efforts presentation relating to three organizational considerations: (i) Operational; (ii) Regulatory; (iii) Environmental.
• Climate Change PDF presentation - WEST Consultants
• Climate Change presentation video - WEST Consultants
• Meeting video July 12 2022
• Public comment summary from the July 12 workshop

June 7, 2022

• Presentation Risk - Stage 4: The workshop included a risk analysis and mitigation efforts presentation relating to three organizational considerations: (i) Operational; (ii) Regulatory; (iii) Environmental.
• Meeting video June 7 2022
• Public comment summary from the June 7 workshop

May 10,2022

• Presentation: Watershed Management: The workshop provided an overview of NID’s source watersheds, including discussion on the District’ss Watershed Program and Environmental Resources Division.
• Meeting video May 10 2022
• Public comment summary from May 10 workshop

April 19, 2022 - Stage 3

• Meeting video April 19 2022
• Public comment summary from April 19 meeting

March 8, 2022 - Stage 2

• Presentation: Water Rights Overview: The workshop provided an overview of water rights currently held by NID, including locations, year of seniority and current usage.
• Meeting video March 8 2022
• Public comment summary from March 8 workshop

Feb. 8, 2022 - Stage 2

• Presentation: Water Rights Overview: The workshop provided an overview of water rights currently held by NID, including locations, year of seniority and current usage.
• Meeting video (starts at 60:04) Feb. 8 2022
• Public comment summary from Feb. 8 workshop

Jan. 11, 2022 - Stage 1

• Presentation: Water Service Area Overview. This meeting featured an overview of the NID water service area. These are the lands where NID provides water delivery for consumptive uses, and that are operated and maintained by NID’s Water Division.
• Meeting video (starts at 1:00:22) Jan 11 2022
• Public comment summary from Jan. 11 workshop)

This overview details NID’s Water Distribution System and Operations.

Dec. 7, 2021 - Stage 1

• Presentation: NID Mountain System - This overview details NID’s Mountain System operations and facilities, starting with the headwater watershed in English Meadow and moving downstream through reservoirs and waterways
• Meeting video (starts at 59:20) Dec. 7 2021
• Public comment summary from Dec. 7 meeting

Kickoff Meeting - Nov. 9, 2021

• Welcome and overview from the GM (Nov. 9, 2021)
• Mountain System overview (Stage 1 Presentation) (Nov. 9 2021)
• Meeting video (starts at 44:00). The Stage 1 presentation -- Mountain System Overview --  starts at 1:57:20
• Public comment summary from Nov. 9 meeting

Other

• Oct. 21, 2021 Board of Director's Meeting - updated Planning Matrix
• July 28, 2021 Board of Director's Meeting - General Manager's Presentation
• July 2020 Raftelis Public Process Design
• December 1, 2018 Community Workshop Meeting Notes
• December 10, 2018 Community Workshop Meeting Notes

Letters from the Community

• Aug. 23, 2022 - Dianna Suarez - Comment on Strategic Goals
• Aug. 9, 2022 - Michael Ross - Strategic planning
• July 12, 2022 - Mike Pasner Herbicide and Risk
• Jan. 27, 2022 - Comments Received Preceeding Stage 2 - Water Rights from SYRCL and FWN and NID's Response Letter
• Dec. 23, 2021 - SYRCL letter to NID re PFW Request for Proposals and NID's Response Letter
• Nov. 15, 2021 - Subject: Links to Watershed Ecology information and Watershed Plans (Dianna Suarez)
• Nov. 9, 2021 - Dianna Suarez, Bear River Watershed, Water Budget Watershed

Request for Proposal

• The Request for Proposals for the Plan for Water is available for download at CIPlist.com.  Proposals will be accepted until February 10, 2022 at 5:00 PM.  A preproposal meeting is scheduled for January 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom.   For details on how to join the meeting click here.

Board-Directed Activities

• Raw Water Master Plan 1991 (2mb)
• Raw Water Master Plan Phase 1 2005  (23mb)
• Raw Water Master Plan Phase 2 2011  (12mb)
• 2020 Agricultural Water Management Plan
• 2020 Urban Water Management Plan