This history book was published to celebrate NID’s formation and the bold steps it took throughout a century to ensure water would be available to foothill communities.

Download the history book by chapter or in its entirety. It’s free to the public.

DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE BOOK click here (113 MB)

*** An ADA digital version also is available upon request

READ AND DOWNLOAD THE BOOK BY CHAPTER. Click on the chapter of interest.

Introduction (6 MB)

Chapter 1 – The Gold Rush Brings Early Water Development (12 MB)

Chapter 2 - The Birth of Local Agriculture (6 MB)

Chapter 3 - Dreams of Water Lead to the Formation of Nevada Irrigation District (4,159 KB)

Chapter 4 - The New District Takes Shape (4 MB)

Chapter 5 - Securing a Water Supply from the High Sierra (9 MB)

Chapter 6 – Building the Dream with Ditches and Canals (5 MB)

Chapter 7 - The First Water Flows to Customers (8 MB)

Chapter 8 – The Durbrow Years and the Creation of Scotts Flat Reservoir (5 MB)

Chapter 9 - Tough Financial Times: 1940s and 1950s (4 MB)

Chapter 10 - The Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project (8.5 MB)

Chapter 11 – Water Quality Comes of Age (4.5 MB)

Chapter 12 – NID Grows with the Community (9 MB)

Chapter 13 – Thinking about Water in a Different, Better Way (4.3 MB)

Chapter 14 – Water for the 21st Century (6.7 MB)

Chapter 15 – NID Focuses on Modernization: the 2010s (10 MB)

Chapter 16 – Drought Impacts Reach Far and Wide (3.4 MB)

Chapter 17 – Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years (5.6 MB)

Appendices – (including chronology, lists and canal system and facilities, and more) (1.5 MB)