Planning Underway
Plan for Water
Good stewardship requires every water provider to plan for future supply and demand. NID completed its Plan for Water (PFW) process, a community-driven effort to determine the best strategies for meeting water needs in the decades ahead. The public collaboration process focused on analyzing future supply and demand scenarios to ensure a reliable water future.
The comprehensive effort included public workshops, technical studies such as the Water Planning Projections, and evaluation of strategies to address challenges like climate change, regulatory requirements, and community values. A key outcome was the decision to expand storage at Rollins Reservoir rather than pursue the Centennial Reservoir Project.
Read the Final Technical Memorandum
Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP)
The UWMP requires a municipal water provider to project its supplies and demands over the next 20 years, describe its conservation efforts and impacts, consider drought impacts, describe its water shortage contingency plan, consider indoor and outdoor water budgets, as well as other elements to report progress. The plan is due to the state every five years.
Agricultural Water Management Plan (AWMP)
The AWMP is similar to the UWMP in that it is a state-mandated requirement. The plan requires an agricultural water provider to present information about its ag water customers, water usage, conservation efforts, and other management elements. However, the AWMP is a backwards-looking document, only reporting on past data and results. The report does not have a forward-looking supply and demand projection element. The AWMP is also due to the state every five years.
Strategic Plan
NID builds on decades of experience delivering high-quality water, power, and recreation services to Nevada, Placer, and Yuba counties. To meet future challenges, the Strategic Plan serves as a blueprint, guiding priorities, resource management, and long-term decisions.
Mission: Provide a dependable, high-quality water supply for our communities.
Vision: Be California’s most reliable, innovative, and resilient water district.
Values: Quality, Innovation, Dependability, TEAMwork.
The Plan sets strategic priorities (the “what”) and goals (the “how”) to move NID forward over the next five years.
Click here to read the Strategic Plan
Nevada County Hazard Mitigation Plan
Step one in the Nevada County Roadmap to Resilience is the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (LHMP). This is a multi-jurisdictional plan that addresses all hazards countywide, including wildfire.
The Plan will better prepare our communities to withstand potential disasters that are most relevant to the area.
NID is participating in helping to develop this Plan with Nevada County, the Town of Truckee, and the Cities of Grass Valley and Nevada City, as well as special districts Nevada County Consolidated Fire, Washington County Water and Truckee Donner Public Utility.
Click here to learn more about the Nevada County Hazard Mitigation Plan