TRIG Resource Providers

Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin

lynellg — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:41:28 -0800

(775) 882-3436

City of Reno, Nevada

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:38:54 -0700

Reno is the largest city in Northern Nevada, and "The Biggest Little City in the World". It is located in the southern part of Washoe County, northeast of Lake Tahoe, and nestled on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in an area called the Truckee Meadows.

The Truckee River runs right through downtown Reno. It is the major source of water in the region, and provides many services to the community, such as potable water, recreational, irrigation, fish habitat, and much more to the community. The City of Reno is one of the large MS4 NPDES permit holders in the Truckee Meadows, and coordinates the Truckee Meadows regional stormwater coordination committee.

City of Sparks, Nevada

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:41:56 -0700

The city of Sparks has 81,673 residents, making it the fifth largest municipality in Nevada. It is located in the Truckee Meadows between the Carson and Virginia Mountain Ranges at an elevation of nearly 4500 feet. The city shares a beautiful valley on the eastern slope of the Sierra with our neighbor to the west, Reno. The climate is mild, with lots of sun, low humidity and rainfall and a full four seasons.

CRA - California Resources Agency

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Mission Statement: To restore, protect and manage the state's natural, historical and cultural resources for current and future generations using creative approaches and solutions based on science, collaboration and respect for all the communities and interests involved.

DRI - Desert Research Institute

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:35:02 -0700

The Desert Research Institute (DRI) is the nonprofit research campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), which is overseen by Chancellor Jim Rogers and a 13-member Board of Regents. DRI is a unique blending of academia and entrepreneurship. From our desert home in Nevada, DRI employs more than 500 faculty, support staff, and students who are engaged in a research enterprise generating approximately $45 million in total annual revenue. At any give time, DRI is engaged in about 300 scientific research projects from our main research campuses in Las Vegas (Southern Nevada Science Park) and Reno (Dandini Research Park), with subsidiary campuses in Boulder City, Nevada and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. DRI's environmental research programs are directed from three core divisions (Atmospheric Sciences, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, and Hydrologic Sciences) and four interdisciplinary centers (Center for Advanced Visualization, Computation and Modelling, the Center for Arid Lands Environmental Management, the Center for Watersheds and Environmental Sustainability and the Frank H. Rogers Center for Environmental Remediation and Monitoring). Grounded in fundamental research, we provide our sponsors and clients with innovative solutions to pressing environmental problems as we balance the need to develop resources while protecting and sustaining the environment. For the people of Nevada, our commitment is the application of our scientific understanding to the effective management of all the State's natural resources while meeting needs for economic diversification and science-based educational opportunities.

ERA - Ecological Research Associates

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:48:58 -0700

Ecological Research Associates (ERA) was founded by Professor Charles R. Goldman in 1965 to aid in the solution of global water problems.

ERA is an environmental consulting company with over 45 years of experience focused on water related research and consulting in the Sierra Nevada, High Desert, Lake Tahoe, and Pyramid Lake, as well as extensive reservoir and lake consulting assignments throughout the world.

Great Basin Institute

lynellg — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:54:51 -0700

IBS - Integrated Balance Solutions

lynellg — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:46:18 -0700

Lynell Garfield, Website content manager

ICE - Information Center for the Environment

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:28:22 -0700

The Information Center for the Environment (ICE) is an environmental information brokerage and research laboratory in the Department of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of California, Davis, under the direction of Professor Jim Quinn and Academic Administrator Mike McCoy. ICE specializes in the development and dissemination of geospatial data and technologies; the development of robust data architectures dedicated to the cataloging of global environmental information; and the creation of decision support systems geared toward improving the capabilities of resource managers in a variety of sectors. ICE currently employs ~30 professional staff and students.

LimnoTech, Inc.

lynellg — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:42:15 -0700

Involved in modeling for the Truckee River.

NDEP - Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:03:15 -0800

Our mission is to preserve and enhance the environment of the state in order to protect public health, sustain healthy ecosystems and contribute to a vibrant economy.

Major programs administrated by the Division include air and water quality, hazardous and solid waste, recycling, hazardous chemicals, mining reclamation, federal facilities, soil and water remediation, safe drinking water, and water pollution control.

Nevada Biodiversity Initiative

lynellg — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:23:38 -0700

The primary purpose of the Nevada Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) is to conserve the rich and diverse biological resources in the state. These resources include functional, healthy, and sustainable natural ecosystems, a full complement of native species, and sufficient genetic variation within these species to allow them to persist and evolve. We believe these goals can be accomplished in conjunction with human societal needs.

Nevada Department of Transportation

lynellg — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:10:40 -0800

Nevada Heritage Program

lynellg — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:31:43 -0800

The Nevada Natural Heritage Program systematically collects information on Nevada's at-risk biological features. Staff biologists and data management specialists consolidate natural resource information from diverse sources such as field surveys, museum collections, resource management agencies, published and unpublished reports, and knowledgeable individuals. They research and record facts: the existence, locations, numbers, condition, biology, and habitats of species and biological communities. This comprehensive inventory is maintained in an easily accessible system of computer databases, topographic maps, and manual files, and is continually updated, refined, and subjected to quality controls. Program information becomes more complete each year, and also continues changing to reflect current conditions on the landscape.

Nevada Land Conservancy

lynellg — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:20:15 -0700

Our Mission

The Nevada Land Conservancy is dedicated to preserving and protecting special places and open spaces in Nevada for future generations. With the help of members, volunteers, land owners, businesses and government agencies, we protect special places through acquisition, easement, open space planning, outreach and environmental restoration.

Nevada Water Resources Association

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:15:09 -0800

Placer County

lynellg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:59:34 -0700

Holds Phase II NPDES permit for middle Truckee River areas.

Pyramid Lake Fisheries

lynellg — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:12:59 -0700

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

lynellg — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:21:46 -0700

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is governed by 10 Tribal Council members who are elected bi-annually in December and on staggered two year terms. The tribe operates under the Indian Reorganization Act Constitution and By-Laws approved on January 26, 1936 by the Department of Interior.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe has a Government to Government Relationship with the Federal Government. Therefore, the Tribe contracts with or receives grants directly from Federal Agencies or the State of Nevada, to provide services to the Tribal members and residents of the Reservation. The revenue generated by the Tribe is used to support local Tribal government activities and to supplement the programs that provide direct services to the Tribal members or residents.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes' Reservation is located thirty five miles northeast of Reno, Nevada in a remote desert area located in the counties of Washoe, Lyon, and Storey. The area of the reservation contains 475,000 acres or 742.2 square miles. Out of this acreage approximately 112,000 acres cover the surface of a terminal desert lake, Pyramid Lake. Pyramid Lake is one of the most valuable assets of the Tribe and is entirely enclosed within the boundaries of the Reservation. Pyramid Lake is approximately 15 miles long and 11 miles wide. Pyramid Lake measures 350 feet at its deepest point.

Systech Engineering, Inc.

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:17:46 -0700

Systech Engineering, Inc. is a water resources and environmental engineering company founded in 1983. The office is located in San Ramon, California. Systech Engineering is staffed with water resources, chemical, and environmental engineers with strong backgrounds in meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, chemistry, biology, biogeochemistry, mathematics and computer sciences. We are skillful in data acquisition, database management, statistics, modeling, integrated analysis, and decision support systems. We are familiar with environmental regulations and cost benefit analyses. We are expert programmers for Windows graphical user interfaces, GIS (geographic information systems) interfaces, CAD (computer aided design), and graphics.

Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency

lynellg — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:51:50 -0700

The Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency, or TTSA, is committed to a policy of energy and natural resource conservation. Our goal is to discharge the treated wastewater in the Truckee River Corridor in such a manner as to retain the integrity of ground and surface waters, while ensuring the quantity of water downstream is not diminished.

The Agency is committed to policy of conservation and recycle. A few examples are cited:
-The biological removal process substantially reduces chemical demands, energy, and landfill stresses.
-Anaerobic sludge digestion results in methane gas. This fuels boilers to provide building and process heat.
-Combustion offgases, principally carbon dioxide, is an integral component in pH control.

The TTSA is made up of five entities: Tahoe City PUD (530) 583-3796; North Tahoe PUD (530) 546-4212; Squaw Valley Public Service District (530) 583-4692; Alpine Springs County Water (530) 583-2342; Truckee Sanitary District (530) 587-3804.

Treated effluent is piped out through a soil aquifer treatment system through a series of laterals where physical, chemical and microbial activity improve water quality further. This large discharge field contains monitoring wells, which are monitored regularly. Effluent is retained within the system for a minimum of 50 days, then the aquifer emerges to the Truckee River or Martis Creek through seepage.

TMWRF - Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility

dwaetjen — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:15:02 -0800

The Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) is located to the east of the Truckee Meadows, and provides water treatment services for the cities of Reno and Sparks, NV. This facility is located east of the two cities, and wastewater is treated at TMWRF, with effluent discharged into the river and heads east toward Pyramid Lake. TMWRF collects data all along the Truckee River using SONDE sensors that collect a number of water quality parameters, including water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductance.

Town of Truckee

jthompson — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:06:15 -0700

Truckee is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just west of the Nevada state line. Donner Lake is located within the Town Limits and Donner Pass over the summit of the Sierra Nevada is just west of Town. Interstate 80, the major east-west trans-Sierra "all-weather" highway, passes through the Town on its way between California and Nevada.

Truckee sits on the middle reach of the Truckee River, between Tahoe City and Stateline, NV. The town is in the process of approval for the small MS4/NPDES phase 2 permit. Requirements for post-construction BMPs/Low Impact Development in progress. The Town is currently working with Placer County to develop a Water Quality Monitoring Plan for the Truckee River Basin from Bear Creek through eastern Truckee. For more information or to participate in this process, please contact Jessica Thompson at 530-582-2938.

Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency

lynellg — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:15 -0700

Truckee Meadows Water Authority

lynellg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:33:27 -0700

Water Purveyor

Truckee River Watershed Council

lynellg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:39:30 -0800

(530) 550-8760

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

lynellg — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:34 -0800

University of Nevada, Reno

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:59:48 -0800

US Army Corps of Engineers

lynellg — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:52:01 -0700

US Environmental Protection Agency

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:54:43 -0700

Protecting human health and the environment

USGS - United States Geological Survey

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:01:03 -0700

Your source for science you can use

As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.

Washoe County

lynellg — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:52:54 -0700

Washoe County Department of Water Resources

lynellg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:07:32 -0800

Washoe County GIS program

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