Source Water and Watershed Protection Web map – Watersheds in Washoe County
Watersheds in Washoe County (HUC-12) are described by tributary name and Hydrologic Unit Code 12 or HUC-12. The hydrologic unit hierarchy is indicated by the number of digits in groups […]
Source Water and Watershed Protection Web map – Watersheds Tributary to Truckee River
Watersheds Tributary to the Truckee River represents tributary watersheds to the segment of the Truckee Meadows flowing through the greater Reno/Sparks area (between the California/Nevada state line and roughly Vista […]
Source Water and Watershed Protection Web map – Tributary Watershed Areas
The Storm Water Committee continues to guide the development of numerous plans and assessments relevant to source water and watershed protection for these tributaries to the Truckee River. These watershed […]
Source Water and Watershed Protection Web map – Groundwater Basins
Groundwater is an important source of drinking water stored in the earth beneath our feet, in spaces between sand, soils, and fractured rock known as an aquifer. Layers of aquifers […]
Assessment of the Effects of Storm Water Runoff and Background Watershed Conditions on 303(d) listed waters within the Truckee Meadows MS4 Permit Area
The new permit requires the co?permittees to evaluate whether storm water discharges from any part of the MS4 contributes directly or indirectly to the listing of a waterbody on the […]
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Index Development and Physical Habitat Evaluation for Truckee River, Carson River, and Walker River
The Clean Water Act (CWA) has as one of its primary goals the maintenance and restoration of biological integrity. This concept of biological integrity refers to the natural assemblage of […]
Biological Condition Index Development for the Lower Truckee River and Eastern Sierra Nevada Rivers Fish Assemblage
The Deparment of Fisheries and Wildlife developed a fish assemblage IBI for western Nevada rivers and applied it to the Truckee River. Available state and federal fish assemblage data from […]
Biological Condition Index Development for the Truckee River Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblage
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) has set a goal to: Use biological indicators to provide an overall assessment of ecological condition and monitor trends for effectively managing the […]
Biological Condition Index Development for the Truckee River Periphyton Assemblage
The objectives of the current activities were to determine if sufficient data was available to derive preliminary periphyton-based metrics that could be used in a periphyton-based indices of ecological condition […]
2015 Truckee River Watershed Tributary Assessment
Detailed assessments of these tributaries were first performed in 2002 to support development of a Watershed Management and Protection Plan. The initial watershed assessments provided a broad range of valuable […]