By Bill Post
The water that is being diverted out into the desert is amazing to see and of course, there is a very good chance that there will be more. The E Line canal is flowing quickly out south of Sheckler Reservoir. Standing and moving bodies of water can be found all over the desert west of Schindler Road.
All of this is a part of the effort to divert the water from flooding Fallon. Community leaders are doing a very good job of keeping water under control and informing the public about the efforts as many may have seen and heard, at the last two town hall meetings in Fallon.
Taking a drive out Power Line Road and then going south on Desert View Drive, you’ll eventually come to the reservoir or rather the huge body of water that stretches over acres and acres of desert land. A few miles out that road will bring you to the weir that drains the reservoir water and stretches south and east.
At what is, for now, the dead end of Desert View Drive, what looks like a “river” flows across the road and off to the east. There are at least three roads that are blocked by this flow. As one stands by the water there are occasional “explosion” like sounds. That is the side walls of sand and dirt crashing down into the river.
Community leaders have asked that the public resist the urge to drive out to the construction sites, and stay out of the way of work crews that are attempting to complete work on tight dealines to beat the runoff. Estimates are that there are still over one million acre-feet of water in the mountain snowpack that eventually will make its way to the Lahontan Valley and the well-prepared community to flow through these preventative structures.
Contact the High Water Call Center with any concerns: 775-867-5923.
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