Nevada Irrigation District working to shore up water rights

From YubaNet.com:

In the minds of many state bureaucrats, farmers, ranchers, and environmentalists, the value of water far surpasses that of gold. The same sentiment is also held by water agencies like Nevada Irrigation District. That is why for the past several years district staff have been actively pursuing the licensing of NID’s ten remaining water right permits.

At the district’s May 13 board meeting directors heard a presentation on the status of this process. According to NID Operations Manager Don Wight, acquiring water rights is a complicated process. While NID already has 18 existing licenses, it must secure licensing approval on 10 use permits for its lower division, which includes Scotts Flat, Rollins and Combie Reservoirs. These permits are for both consumptive and non-consumptive (such as hydropower and recreation) use.

A license is the final confirmation of an appropriative right and remains in effect as long as license conditions are met and the water is put to beneficial use. Beneficial uses in California include domestic, aquaculture, fire protection, fish and wildlife, frost protection, irrigation, industrial use, mining, municipal, power, recreation, and livestock watering.

In the past four years, NID has been working to quantify the amount of water beneficially used under these 10 permits with the goal of making its water rights consistent with historic and current NID operations.

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