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  Reclamation Announces $74.6 Million Agreement for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project

  The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $74.6 million financial assistance agreement with the Navajo Nation for the design and construction of a portion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The project will provide a long-term, sustainable water supply to 43 Navajo Chapters; the City of Gallup, New Mexico; and the southwestern portion of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Read More  →

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  Long-term Colorado River forecasts highlight need for action

  The Bureau of Reclamation has released updated 5-year probability-based planning model projections for future Colorado River system conditions, which underscore the ongoing impact of record dry conditions across the basin. With spring and summer inflow to Lake Powell at only 36 percent of average, this year is one of the driest years in the past 19 years, which is the driest 19-year period in recorded history and one of the driest in the past 1,200 years.  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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  Bureau of Reclamation launches prize competition seeking ideas to continuously power instruments on power generator rotating shafts

  The Bureau of Reclamation has launched a new prize competition seeking solutions to provide direct current power of up to 20 watts for electronic instruments on hydropower generating units’ rotating shafts. Power sources for electronics on rotating shafts presently available include batteries and contact solutions. Read More  →

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  Bureau of Reclamation launches funding opportunity for 2019 Desalination and Water Purification Research Program

  The Bureau of Reclamation is making the 2019 funding opportunity for the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. The funding opportunity is available for private industry, universities, water utilities and other research sponsors to submit proposals to cost-share laboratory-scale and pilot-scale projects that address DWPR goals and objectives. Read More  →

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  Karen Knight named as Director of Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement for the Bureau of Reclamation

  Bureau of Reclamation's Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Karen Knight, P.E., was selected as the Director of Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement for the Bureau of Reclamation. The Security, Safety and Law Enforcement Office, located in Denver, Colorado, is responsible for protecting the public, Reclamation employees, and Reclamation facilities through the development and implementation of an integrated security, safety, and law enforcement program. 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  →

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  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  →