It’s a major water conveyance for southern Nevada and western Placer counties, from Combie Reservoir. The first of two phases of the crucial Combie Canal replacement project has been completed by the Nevada Irrigation District. Engineering Manager Doug Roderick says it also came in under budget and about a week-and-half ahead of schedule…

The first phase replaces about one-point-seven miles of the canal, which serves 36-hundred-93 raw water agricultural customers. The system also serves two treatment plants that provide water to over five-thousand homes in Lake of the Pines and North Auburn. The canal is nearly 50 years old, a flume along steep terrain above the Bear River…

The second phase is scheduled to begin in the fall. The total cost of the project is 19-point-6 million dollars.