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Fernley fears future water shortage as $148M plans to line Truckee Canal move forward Reno-Gazette-Journal 3/11/2021 © JASON BEAN/RGJ The Truckee Canal is seen west of Fernley on March 5, 2021. Some rural Nevada water users will be on the hook to help fund a project that could ultimately dry up their city’s main source of water, although neither the state or federal government recognizes it as a valid water right. Following a 2008 Truckee Canal breach that flooded nearly 600 Fernley resi...

In 2008, the canal’s north embankment breached about 12 miles downstream of Derby Dam, flooding nearly 600 properties on the east side of Fernley.