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RPC finds Regional Water Management Plan generally in compliance; staff requests scheduled additions
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to find the 2021–2040 Regional Water Management Plan in compliance with the 2024 regional plan while requesting scheduled additions (tier integration, facilities standards, natural-resource overlays and source-water protection) to be incorporated in the RWMP update expected by January 2026.
The Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Commission voted unanimously April 24 to find the 2021–2040 Regional Water Management Plan (RWMP) generally in compliance with the 2024 Truckee Meadows Regional Plan and requested scheduled additions to be included in the RWMP update expected in January 2026.
Shawnee Sousa of Team RPA presented the facilities plan review and said the RWMP covers municipal and industrial water supply, wastewater, stormwater drainage, flood control and related infrastructure. Sousa told the commission staff believes the RWMP conforms overall but recommended scheduled additions that explicitly tie the RWMP to regional plan policies: incorporation of tier-based regional form language, explicit reference to the regional facilities-and-standards table (PF1), additions addressing natural-resource consideration areas (NR4) and source-water protection (NR15), and integration of TMRPA’s online data and mapping tools.
Sousa said the Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission and the Western Regional Water Commission are updating the RWMP and that the next RWMP revision is expected to be completed by January 2026; staff will return to RPC once scheduled additions are incorporated. After questions and no public comment, commissioners voted to find the RWMP in compliance based on the staff report; the motion carried unanimously.
