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Corps of Engineers: Water Storage for Water Supply

The purpose of the water supply program is to manage Corps reservoirs in a cost-efficient and environmentally responsible manner to provide water supply storage space for use by non-Federal water management agencies.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Moderately Effective

In general, a program rated Moderately Effective has set ambitious goals and is well-managed. Moderately Effective programs likely need to improve their efficiency or address other problems in the programs' design or management in order to achieve better results.
  • Corps reservoirs provide water supply storage in a cost efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
  • The program provides an alternative source of water for municipal and industrial use to meet the ever increasing demands brought on by rapid population and economic growth.
  • Meeting this growing demand will require more efficient use of existing water supplies and the development of new supplies.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Exploring in a systematic way how much storage space the Corps owns for storing water and how best to use it.
  • Adjusting the fees, charges and contributions the Corps collects for water storage to ensure that scarce water is not wasted and instead used in an economically and financially sound way.

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