Droughts are a fact of life in California. Here in Nevada County, most of us rely on our snowpack to meet our daily water needs. The snowpack acts as a natural reservoir to hold winter precipitation until it later runs off as stream flow into our reservoirs. As you will see in some of the images below, most of our reservoirs are currently full or nearly full.
Nevada Irrigation District’s website reports, “The most significant California droughts occurred in 1929-1934, 1976-1977, 1987-1992, and 2012-2016. A less severe drought occurred in 2007-2009. The most recent drought from 2012-2016 was one of most extreme, featuring both record-high temperatures and record-low levels of snowpack and precipitation. When drought conditions set in, water in storage dwindles, and water conservation becomes vital to stretch the supply.”
Nevada County Resource Conservation District (the "District") is committed to ensuring that its services are accessible to all
members of the public. As part of this commitment, the District strives to provide an accessible website compatible with
the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, AA, and commercial screen reading software. Features of the
website are created to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same
degree as someone without disabilities.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Contact our compliance support team via telephone at: (888) 765-1970
Ongoing Compliance Information
Compliance Coordinator
The District has designated a Compliance Coordinator for website disability-related accommodations. The Compliance
Coordinator has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices and requirements.
Compliance Procedures
The District is working to ensure all website content complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act
and controlling State laws. In an ongoing effort to continually improve and remediate accessibility issues,
the website is regularly scanned to ensure ongoing compliance, and timely changes are made to any inaccessible
content if found.
Accessible Documents Policy
The District is committed to providing all documents hosted on the website in an accessible format or making accessible
alternatives available.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites that do not have accessible content. This site may
also include documents provided by third parties. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by
third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
Report a Website Accessibility Issue
We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests in a timely manner.
If you need assistance or accommodations while accessing content on this website, please contact our Compliance
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