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• Investing in America

  Biden-Harris Administration announces $50 million for drought mitigation in the Great Salt Lake Basin

  Dec. 2, 2024 – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton was at the Great Salt Lake to announce an investment of $50 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for a water delivery program aimed at helping to ensure an ongoing, resilient water supply in the Basin. The state of Utah is leveraging over $50 million to complement Reclamation’s investment, making this a $100 million investment in the Great Salt Lake. Read More →

• Employees

  Reclamation’s Deputy Commissioner David Palumbo Earns Prestigious 2024 Presidential Rank Award

  Nov. 26, 2024 – The Bureau of Reclamation proudly announces that Deputy Commissioner David M. Palumbo has received the 2024 Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service. Established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, this prestigious honor is awarded to a select group of career civil servants to recognize those with a record of scientific, technical or professional achievement. Only one percent of the career Senior Executive Service, Senior-Level and Scientific and Professional corps are selected for the Distinguished Rank Award. Read More →

• Colorado River

  Biden-Harris Administration Puts Colorado River on Path to Success

  Nov. 21, 2024 – Since Day One of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of the Interior has led critical discussions over how to bring the Colorado River back from the brink of crisis in the face of a 24-year drought. Having achieved overwhelming success in 2023 on interim operation plans to guide operations through 2026 with a historic consensus agreement, and following more than a year of collaboration with the states and Tribes who call the Colorado River Basin home, the Biden-Harris administration today released the next step in a responsible path to guide post-2026 operations for the Colorado River.   Read More →

• California Water

  Reclamation, DWR celebrate launch of key Delta habitat restoration project

  Nov. 13, 2024 – The California Department of Water Resources and Bureau of Reclamation today broke ground on a habitat restoration project in the Delta that, when completed, will help endangered species such as Delta smelt and Chinook salmon while supporting the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project. Read More →

• California Water

  Reclamation and partners complete negotiations for the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project, advancing water supply reliability in California’s Central Valley

  Nov. 13, 2024 – The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority today announced a negotiated consensus has been met for the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project. The joint project creates an additional 130,000 acre-feet of storage space in San Luis Reservoir, the nation’s largest off-stream reservoir, producing additional water supply for two million people, over one million acres of farmland and 135,000 acres of Pacific Flyway wetlands and critical wildlife habitat. Read More →

• Employees

  Reclamation names Carrie Diroll to lead Law Administration Division

  Nov. 8, 2024 – The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Carrie Diroll as the agency’s Law Administration Division manager for the Mission Assurance and Protection Organization. In this new role, Diroll leads the division in policy and program management for contracts and repayment, planning and economics, acreage limitation, incidental revenues, and has responsibilities of the Quality, Controls, and Standards. Read More →

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