| Agency Name |
Parent Agency |
Description |
| Bureau Of Reclamation |
Department Of The Interior |
Bureau of Reclamation (15.504-15.506) The Bureau of Reclamation |
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manages, develops, and protects water and related resources in an |
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environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the |
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American public. The agency is the nation's second largest wholesale |
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water supplier, administering 348 reservoirs with 245 million acre-feet |
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of water. One out of five western farmers uses Reclamation water to |
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irrigate 10 million acres of land, producing 60 percent of the nation's |
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vegetables and 25 percent of its fruits and nuts. The agency also |
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serves as the fifth largest electric utility in the 17 States west |
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of the Mississippi River. Reclamation encourages and supports water |
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conservation and environmental restoration through partnerships, |
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incentive programs, and challenge grants. It also supports efforts |
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to meet increasing water demands through water reclamation, |
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recycling, and reuse. |
