Political Quotes

“I introduce today a bill to authorize the Truckee River Watershed Reclamation Project. The water in Nevada is a precious resource that should not be wasted and we need to reuse what we can of this commodity. The Title XVI program in the Bureau of Reclamation is aimed at reclaiming the water for use within the community. The projects that are within this watershed project will in fact be utilized in multiple municipal functions throughout the Truckee River Basin communities. Specifically, the North Valleys Reuse Project would be to reclaim the wastewater from Reno and Sparks and convey that water to subdivisions extending to the north of Reno for irrigation purposes so that the groundwater can be preserved for domestic and other potable uses. Once the new effluent reuse system is operational, groundwater currently used for irrigation can then be a reliable source in a region with limited resources. Additionally, the Spanish Springs Valley Reuse Project would use treated wastewater with excessive total dissolved solids to be channeled for irrigation and environmental watering. The treated wastewater would be returned to the valley where numerous parks, golf courses, pastures could be irrigated with effluent reducing the quantity of groundwater pumped and improving the quality of the aquifer.”