Please contact Juanita at the District office to make an appointment. She will inform you of the documents needed. 

Please Note: when the District becomes aware of a change in ownership on a parcel, a hold is placed on the serial number until the ownership is updated. This means that water may not be ordered or delivered to the parcel until the ownership is updated. 

If your property is located on the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribal Reservation, you must notify the Land and Water Resources Director. They in turn will update the District. Otherwise, you may call the office and update your information. 

You will need to fill out an Irrigator Authorization Form.  This form is intended to authorize parties other than the owner to call and place water orders.  An irrigator is not authorized to add or remove irrigators on a given serial number. Only a property owner has that authority. If a person is leasing the property and the property owner has given them such authority in the lease agreement, the District will need a copy of the lease agreement for the water user file.

Please Note: if your property is inside an "Irrigating Subdivision", an irrigator form is not required.  Please see below.

An Irrigating Subdivision is several small sized private parcels that are grouped together under a control serial number by the District to improve efficiency.  The subdivision is managed by a coordinator who orders water for the group and keeps track of delivery records. The coordinator, and an alternate coordinator, are selected by the property owners in the subdivision and do not need to reside inside the subdivision to qualify.

Please Note: the coordinator/alternate are not employees or representatives of TCID and TCID cannot be held liable for their actions. 

To update the Subdivision Coordinator or Alternate, you will need to fill out a Subdivision Coordinator Form. Please contact the office and we will make sure you get the form as well as a current ownership listing for the subdivision.  A majority (over 50%) of subdivision members must sign the form to show their approval for the new coordinator. This applies whether their property has water rights or not. 

No. The District does not own water rights, it merely manages the delivery of water held by property owners residing inside the District boundaries. In an effort to assist our users, we maintain a waiting list of persons interested in purchasing water rights. If we are contacted by an individual wishing to sell their water rights, we will give them the contact information of the persons on the waiting list. Additionally, the District is able to draft quitclaim deeds to assist water users in the sale of their water rights. However, this is offered as a courtesy and the timeline for completion is dependent on staff's current workload. 

Yes and no. As stated above, TCID does not own water rights. However, entities within the District boundaries (such as Churchill County and the School District) which own water rights not currently being used allow their water rights to be leased. The District supervises this lease program. Please contact Diane at the District office for more information.

There are two types of pump permits issued by the District. 

1. A Water Righted Pump. If you own water rights, you are able to use a pump to facilitate delivery. However, you are not able to flood irrigate and pump to the same area. You must use one means or another. There is no additional fee per year for a water righted pump. 
2. A Non-Water Righted Pump. If your land is adjacent to a canal or drain, you might be eligible for a non-water righted pump permit. Each permit is limited to 1/2 acre, with a limit of a 2 inch discharge on the pump. The current fee for a non-water righted pump permit may be found in our Fee Schedule. 

Regardless of the type of permit you hold, you will be able to pump water out of the ditch when it is available. For additional information, please contact Juanita at the District office. 

Read it!  Does it call for performance of a duty?  Perform the duty as requested in the Letter! 

The State Engineer is responsible for administration of a process whereby a permit may be granted “. . .allow[ing] a specific quantity of water for a specific beneficial purpose. . .” Desert Irrigation, Ltd. V. State of Nevada, 113 Nev. 1049, 944 P. 2nd 835 (1997).  A permit to appropriate water issued by the State Engineer must be perfected by putting water to beneficial use. Id.  Proof of beneficial use is required by Nevada law.  NRS 533.410.  The State Engineer, in his discretion, may require the holder of a permit to submit proof and evidence of the permit holder’s compliance with a duty of good faith and with reasonable diligence to perfect an application. NRS 533.395(1).  The measure of reasonable diligence in perfecting a water right is the steady application of effort to perfect the application in a reasonably expedient and efficient manner under all the facts and circumstances relating to the application. Id.  

The reality associated with a water right is that it takes time to perfect the same.  On the road to perfecting a water right, conditions must be satisfied; and, the law allows a reasonable time in which to satisfy conditions.  The timelines must be honored!

Letters from the State Engineer generally include an invitation to contact the Office in Carson City, or to speak directly to the staff engineer that provided the letter.  If you have a question, call the State Engineer. 

Please feel free to contact the District Office if needed.  We will assist you obtaining information from the proper source!

NO!

1. Federal law and policy prohibit the use of federally owned facilities for the production of marijuana, including the delivery of water.
2. The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District is a contractor to the United States Bureau of Reclamation; and, as such, the District, must conform with all applicable federal law and policy.
3. The District will not provide water delivery, through federally owned facilities within the Newlands Federal Reclamation for the production of marijuana; and,
4. Further inquiry relating to the issue may be directed to the Office of Public Affairs for the United States Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento at (916) 978-5100.