Reno rodeo impacting Truckee River
By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal
Every June, up to 1,000 horses and cattle crowd onto the grounds of Reno’s Livestock Events Center as the popular Reno Rodeo spurs into action.
Also every June, operators of a water treatment plant just downstream on the Truckee River notice a sudden spike of pollutants believed to be associated with animal waste.
Several agencies are joining to make changes that will allow the rodeo to occur without dirtying a river everyone is trying to keep pristine.