Spring runoff. No point in saving the water.
Straight to the Pacific for a lot of it. Mount Rose ski area just south of Reno has gotten 26 feet since the Christmas storms. Not much thaw time either.
Too bad none of that water can be diverted to the Colorado River system. There’s a public works project for ya, gubnah.
The NEVADA side does save the water-—Carson River & Walker River are examples.
A few lakes are storage for irrigation for farmers for the whole year.
My hay bill this year should be decent.