Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

People walk along the nearly dry bed of the Truckee River where it normally flows out of Lake Tahoe underneath Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City, Calif. The Truckee Meadows Water Authority had to tap reservoirs for emergency drought relief but won't have to borrow from the biggest one this year thanks to water conservation downstream in Reno and Sparks.

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People walk along the nearly dry bed of the Truckee River where it normally flows out of Lake Tahoe underneath Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City, Calif. The Truckee Meadows Water Authority had to tap reservoirs for emergency drought relief but won't have to borrow from the biggest one this year thanks to water conservation downstream in Reno and Sparks.