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The dam is not designed for water storage. It is a low 31 feet (9.4 m) high concrete structure that diverts water from the
Truckee River into the Truckee Canal and then two main project canals, the Southside Main Canal ("V" Line) and the Northside Main Canal ("T" Line). It was listed on the
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With passage of the act, the federal government assumed a major role in designing and constructing large-scale irrigation projects throughout the West. The diversion dam is part of the network of water storage, diversion, and conveyance structures that provides water for irrigating about 73,000
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Truckee River diversion dam built in 1903–04 diverts water that formerly ran unchecked into Winnemucca Lake and Pyramid Lake to the Lake Lahontan reservoir, where it is used for irrigation.
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Water diverted at Derby Dam to farms in
Lahontan Valley constitutes as much as three-fourths of the flow of the Truckee River, the largest diversion of water from the
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It was the first project of the newly organized U.S. Reclamation
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following an authorization for construction issued on March 14, 1903. Construction commenced on
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lost inflow and dried up, and
Pyramid Lake lost more than 80 feet (24 m) in elevation, resulting in the near-extinction of the
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acres (30,000 ha) of farmland in an area that receives less than 4.5 inches (110 mm) of annual precipitation.
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