A significant spill that sent more than 2 million gallons of sewage into the Truckee River which went unreported in 2022 and 2023 has prompted legislative action in Nevada. A new bill, Senate Bill 276, introduced by state Senator Ira Hansen in Carson City, aims to prevent similar incidents by requiring that downstream users be notified in the event of a spill. Chairman Steven Wadsworth of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe expressed frustration over the lack of notification regarding the spill, which originated from an apartment complex. “Unbelievable how this could happen and even worse than that how could we not be notified,” said Wadsworth.