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A pond near the Rocky Mountains of Montana that is reflecting the trees around it.

Reclamation assess climate change impacts on Western water supplies

New prize competition seeks to improve reliability of water deliveries for America's crops by reducing water seeping from canals

Improving Reliability of Water Deliveries

Computer generated rendition of Tooh Haltsooi Pumping Plant (Pumping Plant #4) looking towards the northwest.

Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project construction contract awarded

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Upper Colorado Basin Region
Reclamation and partners manage through consecutive years of drought

Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released their Annual Operating Plan for the Rio Grande today showing below average runoff for the second year in a row. Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation Announces Klamath Project 2021 Temporary Operations Plan; Assistance to Basin Stakeholders

Reclamation released the Klamath Project 2021 Temporary Operations Plan, which was developed in response to consecutive years of drought conditions in the Klamath Basin, including the lowest historical inflows on record into Upper Klamath Lake this year. Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation announces 2021 spring flow releases on the Trinity River as part of restoration program

Reclamation announced that this year's restoration flow schedule for the Trinity River will begin on April 16. Each year, the Trinity Management Council advances a flow schedule based on the expected amount of water available to support salmon restoration efforts on the Trinity River. Read More →
Upper Colorado Basin Region
Reclamation celebrates 50th anniversary of San Juan Chama Project

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Bureau of Reclamation's San Juan-Chama Project, which made its first official diversions in Colorado and deliveries of water through Azotea Tunnel and into Willow Creek in northern New Mexico for storage in Heron Reservoir on March 26, 1971. This milestone celebrates five decades of water delivery to New Mexico communities, farmers and recreationists. Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation updates Central Valley Project 2021 water supply allocation

Reclamation announced an update to the initial Central Valley Project 2021 water supply allocation for agricultural water service contractors south-of-Delta. Allocation amounts are based on an estimate of water available for delivery to CVP water users and reflects current reservoir storages, precipitation, and snowpack in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada. Read More →
Prize Competition
Reclamation launches prize competition to improve reliability in hydropower facilities

Reclamation launched the Automated Maintenance of Protection Systems Challenge to make power systems more reliable by automating maintenance testing of protective relays and associated potential and current transformers. The prize competition will consist of two phases and has a total prize pool of $250,000. Read More →
Reclamation employees deliver reliable water and hydropower for the western United States.

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Recreation & Public Use

Reclamation Land Use

The public may apply to use Reclamation land, facilities, and waterbodies, and may engage in the use only after proper authorization is received from Reclamation. Use authorizations are not required for permitted public recreational use of recreation areas and facilities open to the public. Read More →

Reclamation Recreation Website

Reclamation projects have created a variety of recreation opportunities on the rivers downstream from the dams, including world class whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities. Read More →

Recreation.gov

Recreation.gov helps you discover and book trips at Reclamation facilities and at all of America's public places. Read More →

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment

RISE is an open data system for viewing, accessing, and downloading Reclamation's water and water-related data. Visit the RISE website.

Statement of Project Construction Cost and Repayment Statements Are Available from Reclamation

Reclamation has been accumulating construction cost and repayment data since the first reimbursable project began and created the Statement of Project Construction Cost and Repayment (SPCCR) to capture cost and repayment data by project, for internal use only. However, these are now available by request. Read More →

Last Update 4/16/21

Bureau of Reclamation

Featured Resources

Stories & Media

Reclamation and partners manage through consecutive years of drought

Reclamation Announces Klamath Project 2021 Temporary Operations Plan; Assistance to Basin Stakeholders

Reclamation announces 2021 spring flow releases on the Trinity River as part of restoration program

Reclamation celebrates 50th anniversary of San Juan Chama Project

Reclamation updates Central Valley Project 2021 water supply allocation

Reclamation launches prize competition to improve reliability in hydropower facilities

Projects & Places

Recreation & Public Use