Livestock Event Center Treatment System - Phase 2

Project Sponsor: City of Reno Public Works
Grant amount: $97,500
Organization Match: $12,500 (cash - RSCVA); $20,000 (in-kind - COR)
Funding date: March 2011
Grant #84

This project includes the design and construction of a drainage collection system that will prevent potentially contaminated drainage from entering the storm drain system and the Truckee River. This project, Phase 2, will target the northerly livestock holding areas. Normal flows will be treated and diverted to the sewer system for treatment at the Truckee Meadows Reclamation Facility.

TMWA Benefit:
Completion of Phase 2 of this project, coupled with the already completed Phase 1 targeting the south end of the Livestock grounds, will mitigate the long standing problem of livestock waste entering the Truckee River via storm drains during livestock events at the Livestock Event Center Facility. These episodes ni the past have impacted the normally pristine water quality of the Truckee River and threatened treatment operations at TMWA's Glendale Water Treatment Plant.