NID to buy water from PG&E
NID budgets $620,000 for 16,000 acre feet of water from their shared watershed in Eastern Nevada County.
Submitted to The Union
To ensure an adequate water supply, the Nevada Irrigation District is making arrangements to purchase supplemental water from PG&E — a move it says is happening after one of the worst years for rainfall in over 100 years.
The importance of finding additional water supplies continues to increase as drought intensifies. Based on an analysis and forecasts, the purchase of supplemental water is necessary to safeguard public health and safety supplies in the event that the 2021-22 winter is dry. The intent of the purchase is to bolster carryover storage heading into the 2022 water year.