The Lahontan Reservoir will not fill up this year. It is currently at 151,711 acre feet. That compares to one year ago when the lake only had …
The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District is in flood operations, meaning it is releasing more water from Lake Lahontan to prepare for the snowmelt.
Lake Lahontan is nearly full, and the water is expected to be more than enough to supply farmers with their irrigation needs.
Lake Lahontan is nearly full, and the spring runoff will result in even higher levels, allowing Fallon's farmers to get 100% of their water allocation this year.
Fallon residents have avoided a possible disaster, now that the peak of spring run-off has passed. The winter's record precipitation numbers forced local, state, and federal officials to start flood mitigation efforts, starting in February. Now, they are declaring victory over Mother Nature.
The V-line emergency spillway is now open releasing water from Lahontan Reservoir, in an effort to mitigate flooding in Churchill County.
As winter winds down, Fallon residents are looking at what will come this spring. After one of the wettest winters on record, Lake Lahontan is nearly full, but the forecast shows enough snowmelt to fill the lake two more times.
Construction crews are working long hours to fix a levee failure in Fallon that is further complicating the water situation there.
In the Fallon area, farmers are anxiously awaiting whatever water they can get for this irrigation season. And they know it won't be much."We're set for a 20% allocation for irrigating water this season which is the lowest on record," says Rusty Jardine, Executive Director of the Truckee Carson Irrigation District. And while that is expected to be a hardship, Jardine says the season will be further complicated by the conditions. "It's so very dry out there and has been for so long that we do ...
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