Regional Stormwater Quality Management Program

Welcome to the Truckee Meadows Watershed Committee website, a cooperative effort of the City of Reno, City of Sparks, and Washoe County. This website is full of great info: click on one of the three links to the left to access our pages, Citizens/Industry/Committee.

For information on current activities and trainings, **View the News Page

For guidance handbooks developed for our region, click on links below:
1. Truckee Meadows Construction Site Best Management Practices;
2. Truckee Meadows Low Impact Development (LID) Manual (Planning guidance document);
3. Truckee Meadows Structural Controls Design Manual (Guidance on source treatment controls for stormwater management);
4. Reno Standard Design Guidance Worksheets assist in incorporating properly sized LID into projects;
5. Nevada Contractors BMP Field Guide for Construction Site BMPs, pocket-sized;
6. Truckee Meadows Industrial and Commercial Storm Water Best Management Practices Handbook;
7. Special feature for LID users: additional web link: Local Intensity Duration Frequency Curve IDF curve able to be developed on NOAA website (using lat/long or Reno airport gage, simply input and proceed).

*These documents may be downloaded on links above, and also be purchased at the "Permit Place" in the City of Reno Community Development Department, 450 Sinclair Street, Reno, NV 89501.

For GIS maps, check out our Watershed Mapserver.

To view annual surveys on local creeks, visit the Truckee River tributary assessments.

To access technical watershed data, technical papers, news, photos and GIS on the lower Truckee River watershed, visit the Truckee River Info Gateway (TRIG) website.

**Coming Soon: the Truckee River Watershed Map Tool - an interactive map for residents of this region to explore creeks, trails, wildlife, and much more!

The Truckee Meadows Watershed Committee is committed to the development and implementation of the Regional Stormwater Quality Management Program and to the protection of the Truckee River Watershed. To learn more about the committee, click here.