A voluntary, multi-jurisdictional plan to preserve and improve the quality of an irreplaceable water system in western Nevada is this year’s recipient of the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Exemplary Source Water Protection Award.
Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA), along with more than 35 other Nevada agencies and 60 stakeholders, helped create and launch a source water and watershed protection plan for the Truckee River watershed — home to a complex system of lakes, reservoirs, rivers, springs, streams, and groundwater that supplies drinking water to nearly 450,000 people in Washoe County.