The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-05-04
District Irrigation
Board Says "No" !"
Members of Truckee- Carson District
Irrigation Board Reject Reno
Proposals for Irrigation

Members of the Truekee-Carson
irrigation district board submitted
an opinion on Monday in reply to
the importunement of the Reno
chamber of commerce for concert of
action among western Nevada inter
ests aiming for the fullest possible
utilization of the water supply of
this part of the state.
The report has been filed with the
Fallon and Reno chambers of COM
merce. The following is pertinent
statement contained in the boards
findings:
ut is noted that the storage pro-
posed in the Reno report for 40,-
900 acres in the Upper Carson unit,
or 10000 acre-feet, is excessive.
In the report by w. A. Perkins of
September, 1918, $500 acre-feet
in Horseshoe Bend, Alpine and
Dressler reservoirs is considered suf-
ficient TO supplement the natural
flow for $4,000 acres The COM
bined storage provided In Upper
Carson and Lahontan reservoirs of
100000 acrc-feet according to the
proposed scheme is $4,000 ecre-feet
in excess of the stated average year
acre-feet. not taking into account
the fact that Lahontan reservoir de-
rives about two-thirds of its stored
waters from Truckee river.
The proposed storage sites ag-
gregating 64,700 acro-feet in the
Truckee basin exclusive of Lake
Tahoe and Spanish Springs Valley
are all above the Floriston power
plant ard except. ordinarily. during
the months of April, May and June,
any water stored In these reservoirs
would have to be replaced by stored
waters from Lake Tahoe to maintain
Floriston rates. In Review of
Truckee River Storage Sites" (fle
1890 il is shown that the surplus
available for storage when not need
ed to maintain Floriston rates for
the period 1900 to 1919 equaled or
exceeded the proposed 64.700 acre
feet in only eight years and was less
during eleven years, the minimum
being 19,200 acre-feet during
season of 1911-12.
"Mr l.. II. Taylor in Water Sup
ply Paper 6S states that tho Web
Der Lake reservoir is impractical for
construction. He gives the practi
cal capacity of Independence Lake
as HIPS acre-feet, Donner Lake
$500 acre-feet, Hennes Pass IT,
900 acre-feet. Donner Lake is i'm
practical on account of the extensive
property interests that would inter-
fere with it's operation.
Lake Tahoe with $4,000 acre
feet storage (4S II. variation) aud
Spanish Springs with $1,000 acre
feet storage would exceed the stated
average run-off of Truckee river by
1877, 900 acro-feet. The absurdity
OF trying to provide for additional
Truckee River storage is evident
"The Warm Springs Valley unit,
aside from impractical storage pro-
posed, would undoubtedly be very
expensive on account of the long ca
nal In very difficult location, which
would also very materially increase
the cost of Spanish Springs reser-
voir and occasion serious complica-
tions duo TO taking the combination
Spanish Springs feed canal and
Warm Springs supply canal out of
the Truckee River above various
power plants which would have to
be supplied to the loss of storage
water.
"It seems that the only wide diff
ference In policy proposed by the
recommendations. from the Recla-
nation Service scheme with Spanish
Springs Is the substitution of the