Closing? It will be underwater along with everything up to the crossing on 174 if they build it and fill it.
>>>By: NID
GRASS VALLEY April 10, 2013 - Leaders of the Nevada Irrigation District are looking at the district's long-term water storage needs.
In a briefing to the NID Board of Directors on Wednesday (Apr. 10), General Manager Rem Scherzinger described two potential water storage projects that have been on the books for years - raising the dam at Rollins Reservoir, and building what is referred to as the Parker Reservoir on the Bear River below Rollins.
"We're hearing so much about climate change and its impact on water supplies," said Scherzinger. "The common theme in our industry is that we should prepare for that eventuality."
In 1986, NID conducted an engineering study of Rollins that showed an additional 3000 to 5000 acre-feet of water could be stored in Rollins through construction of a labyrinth weir on the existing spillway.
Scherzinger also provided background on the Parker Reservoir site, which was identified in 1925 by consulting engineer Fred H. Tibbetts as the best potential storage site on the Bear River. This was before Rollins and Combie were built.
As originally seen, Parker Reservoir would extend up to 10 miles up the Bear River from the Dog Bar Road crossing. Depending on the height of the dam, the reservoir could hold from 17,000 acre-feet to 240,000 acre-feet (NID's current 10 reservoir capacity is 280,000 acre-feet).
The NID board is planning to consider long-term water needs during strategic planning and goal-setting workshops in coming months.
