October 2009 - South Tahoe Public Utility District

Agreement Name
1967 Agreement
Harvey Place Reservoir
Agreement (1983)
Diamond Ditch Agreement
(Superseded)
Diamond Ditch Modification
Agreement
Agreement Parties
Alpine County and
District
Alpine County and
District
Alpine County Water
Agency and Diamond
Ditch Mutual Water
Association
Alpine County Water
Agency, Diamond Ditch
Mutual Water
Association (DDA), Hall
(now Ace Hereford),
Bruns, Neddenriep and
Gansberg
Table 1.2: Recycled Water and Fresh Water Permits and Agreements
Agreement
Effective
Dates
1967 to current
(amended in
1972, 1983,
1984 and
1991)
1983 to
1 Oct 2022
7 Aug 1972 to
9 Aug 1989
1 Nov 1988 to
1 Nov 2028
Agreement Summary Description
District may import recycled water to Alpine County.
Construct Harvey Place Reservoir to store recycled
water and preserve Indian Creek Reservoir for
recreational use.
The agreement allocated up to 3,000 AF/Yr of
recycled water resources stored in Indian Creek
Reservoir to several ranches within the West Fork
of the Carson River watershed. The agreement
allowed the District to lease the Diamond Ditch
System, which in turn allowed access for
maintenance and operations of the system.
When Harvey Place Reservoir was constructed,
the 1983 amendment was created to provide a min.
2,000 AF/Yr and max. 3,600 AF/Yr of recycled
water to be divided equally among the ranchers.
The DDA leases the system to the District, while
the District has the right to install turnouts to irrigate
lands of others not party to the agreement,
provided each rancher still receives 25 cfs during
the irrigation season. Ranchers can be released
from the agreement, provided the remaining lands
are sufficient for recycled water disposal under the
agreement. If ranchers pull out of the agreement
before 40 years is up, the District retains the right to
maintain and operate structures on ranchers' lands
to transmit recycled water to other lands not in the
agreement.
District Considerations or Issues
Last updated in 2002 and titled Agreement
Between South Tahoe Public Utility District and
the County of Alpine and the Alpine County
Water Agency.
Amended the 1967 Agreement. The District is
required to provide 15,000 pounds of fish
annually to the Indian Creek Reservoir trout
fishery.
See Modification Agreement below.
The District guarantees to deliver on demand a
certain flow rate to the ranchers currently
applying recycled water. An analysis of the Ditch
capacity and integrity was conducted, with
results presented in Appendix C.
South Tahoe Public Utility District
Recycled Water Facilities Master Plan - October 2009 Page 1-7