Bureau of Reclamation

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• Reclamation Leadership

  Brent C Esplin named director for Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region

  

  Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman today named Brent C Esplin director of the Upper Colorado Region. Esplin has more than 20 years of Reclamation experience. He will officially assume his duties as regional director on July 21, 2019. Read More →

• Facilities

  Reclamation tests Friant Dam spillway

  

  The Bureau of Reclamation allowed Millerton Lake to spill over the top of Friant Dam July 9, 2019, during a spillway gates test. The reservoir’s capacity is 520,000 acre-feet and is at full capacity for the first time since 2017. Read More →

• Desalination

  Reclamation awards $5.1 million in research for new ways to desalinate and treat water

  

  The Bureau of Reclamation announced that 30 projects will receive $5.1 million from the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program to develop improved and inexpensive ways to desalinate and treat impaired water. Read More →

• Prize Competition

  Reclamation selects winners of competition to develop solutions for removing sediment from reservoirs

  

  Reclamation launched a prize competition seeking new and improved techniques for the removal of sediment and transport of that sediment in a cost-effective manner. Of the 40 potential solutions received, six winners will share $75,000. Sedimentation is a significant problem for aging reservoirs as it reduces the amount of water that can be stored. It also impacts the dam outlets, water quality, recreation and downstream habitat. Read More →

• WaterSMART

  Reclamation announces $29.1 million in WaterSMART grants to use water more efficiently

  

  The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation announced that 13 states will utilize $29.1 million in grants from the WaterSMART Program to help communities conserve water. 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  →