Walker River Irrigation District (WRID) Nevada The litigation of Pacific Live Stock Company v. Antelope Valley Land and Cattle Company and the issuance of Decree 731 caused a number of farmers in Smith and Mason valleys to band together in April 1919 and form the Walker River Irrigation District (WRID). WRID included all irrigated areas in Nevada on the East Walker River, the West Walker River, and the main Walker River, except those areas within the Walker River Indian Reservation. WRID moved to obtain the financing and rights to both Bridgeport and Topaz reservoir sites, sites which had earlier been selected and surveyed by the U.S. Reclamation Service (USRS, currently the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, USBR). The water rights for Topaz Reservoir were obtained from the liquidation of the Antelope Valley Land and Cattle Company. Although WRID was established as a Nevada agency serving lands entirely within Nevada, its reservoirs would be located either entirely in California (Bridgeport Reservoir) or partially in California and Nevada (Topaz Reservoir). Funding for dam and reservoir construction and operation was obtained privately with water recipients obligated to pay off the debt. Initial funding was held down as WRID assumed no responsibility for the construction or maintenance of irrigation canals, ditches, or laterals.
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