Our Purpose
Our Purpose
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID)
TCID is a political subdivision of the State of Nevada organized, and chartered in 1918 for the purpose of representing the water right holders within the boundaries of the Newlands Project in connection with the operations of the Project. The District was formed, and is paid for, by landowners within the boundaries of the Newlands Project who own water rights appurtenant to their land, which water rights the federal government is obligated, both contractually and statutorily, to serve. As a result, TCID’s first and fundamental obligation is to the farmers who are its constituents-promoting their rights and defending their interests with respect to the operations of the Newlands Project.
“Our first and fundamental obligation is to the farmers who are our constituents — promoting their rights and defending their interests with respect to the operations of the Newlands Project.”
In 1926 TCID entered into a contract with the United States, under which the District agreed to operate and manage the Newlands Project on behalf of the federal government in operating and managing the Project.
Thus, TCID acts in a dual capacity with respect to the Newlands Project—as the duly established and elected representative of the water right owners within the Project and as an agent of the federal government in operation and management of the project.