Editing Reno, Nevada (section)

==Utilities==
The [[Truckee Meadows Water Authority]] provides potable water for the city. The [[Truckee River]] is the primary water source. It supplies Reno with {{convert|80|e6U.S.gal|lk=out}} of water a day during the summer, and {{convert|40|e6U.S.gal}} of water per day in the winter. The two [[water treatment]] plants are Chalk Bluff and Glendale. The Chalk Bluff plant's main intakes are west of Reno and south of [[Verdi, Nevada|Verdi]], with the water flowing through a series of [[flume]]s and ditches to the plant. Alternative intakes are below the plant along the banks of the Truckee River itself. The Glendale plant is alongside the river, and is fed by a rock and concrete rubble [[diversion dam]] a short distance upstream.<ref name="tmwa">{{cite web| url=http://tmwa.com/| title=Truckee Meadows Water Authority}}</ref>

[[Sewage treatment]] for most of the Truckee Meadows region takes place at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility at the eastern edge of the valley. Treated effluent returns to the Truckee River by way of Steamboat Creek.<ref name="tmwrf">{{cite web| url=http://cityofsparks.us/departments/community-services/tmwrf| title=Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility| access-date=January 16, 2013| archive-date=February 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207120900/http://cityofsparks.us/departments/community-services/tmwrf}}</ref> In the 1990s, this capacity was increased from 20 to 30&nbsp;million U.S. gallons (70 to 110&nbsp;million liters) per day. While treated, the effluent contains suspended solids, [[nitrogen]], and [[phosphorus]], aggravating water-quality concerns of the river and its receiving waters of [[Pyramid Lake (Nevada)|Pyramid Lake]]. Local agencies working with the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] have developed several watershed management strategies to accommodate this expanded discharge. To accomplish this successful outcome, the [[DSSAM Model]] was developed and calibrated for the Truckee River to analyze the most cost-effective available management strategy set.<ref>C. Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau et al. 1987. ''Development of a dynamic water quality simulation model for the Truckee River'', Earth Metrics Inc., Environmental Protection Agency Technology Series, Washington D.C.</ref>

[[NV Energy]], formerly Sierra Pacific, provides electric power and natural gas. Power comes from multiple sources, including Tracy-Clark Station to the east, and the [[Steamboat Springs, Nevada|Steamboat Springs]] [[binary cycle]] power plants at the southern end of town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steamboat Springs Geothermal Field {{!}} ONE|url=https://www.onlinenevada.org/articles/steamboat-springs-geothermal-field|access-date=2021-09-12|website=www.onlinenevada.org}}</ref>