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  Secretary Zinke, Commissioner Burman tour Carr Fire

  Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke was in Redding, California, to see impacts of the Carr Fire, including impacts to DOI public lands and facilities. Reclamation facilities, including Shasta Dam and Keswick, Carr and Spring Creek power plants,were in the thick of the fire earlier this month. Facilities were evacuated, and half of the Northern California Area Office's employees were personally evacuated from their homes. Five Reclamation employees lost their homes in the fire. Read More  →

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  Bureau of Reclamation selects 16 projects to receive $3.5 million for desalination and water purification research

  Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that 16 entities will receive $3.5 million for laboratory and pilot-scale research projects as part of the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. The DWPR Program works with Reclamation researchers and partners to develop more innovative, cost-effective and technologically efficient ways to desalinate water. Read More  →

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  Reclamation awards $1.9 million to fourteen tribes

  Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that fourteen tribes were selected to receive $1.9 million for technical assistance through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program. "Reclamation is committed to working with tribes on water management issues," Commissioner Burman said. "This funding will help establish cooperative working relationships with Indian tribes and tribal organizations and ensure they can be fully engaged as they develop, manage and protect their water resources." Read More  →

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  Bureau of Reclamation provides 27 projects $2.6 million in WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program grants

  Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that 27 entities were selected to receive a total of $2.6 million to establish or further develop watershed groups in order to address water quantity or quality through Cooperative Watershed Management Program Grants. Of the 27 entities selected, 19 are existing watershed groups, including one from the Virgin Islands, and 8 are establishing a new watershed group. Read More  →

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  Bureau of Reclamation awards $8.3 Million to 15 drought resiliency projects

  Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation has awarded $8.3 million to 15 projects in California, New Mexico and Utah for the preparation and response to drought. The types of projects selected increase water management flexibility and water supply reliability. These projects also reduce the need for drought emergency response actions. The funding provided is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's WaterSMART initiative. Read More  →

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  People of Reclamation: Meet Connie Svoboda, hydraulic engineer

  Connie Svoboda is one of Reclamation’s go-to subject matter experts when it comes to hydraulic engineering. She has been a hydraulic engineer with Reclamation’s Technical Service Center in the Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group for more than 17 years. Hydraulic engineers apply principles of water movement to the development of structures, projects, and systems involving water resources. Read More  →

• Bureau of Reclamation

  Reclamation is the largest wholesale water supplier in the United States, and the nation's second largest producer of hydroelectric power. Its facilities also provide substantial flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife benefits. Read More  →