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Bureau of Reclamation - Rural Water Supply Projects

The Bureau of Reclamation's Rural Water Supply Projects provide municipal, residential, and industrial water to large, sparsely populated areas. Historically this has not been a program per se, but recently passed legislation provides the Secretary of the Interior with the authority to establish a formal program.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Results Not Demonstrated

A rating of Results Not Demonstrated (RND) indicates that a program has not been able to develop acceptable performance goals or collect data to determine whether it is performing.
  • Reclamation does a competent job of managing its rural water projects. However, because it is not a formal program but rather a collection of individually-authorized projects, Reclamation has not established measurable program goals or a strategic plan for rural water.
  • There is some overlap with other Federal rural water programs, including those in the Rural Utilities Service, Indian Health Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Tighter controls are needed on project development, which often proceeds without local sponsors considering the range of alternatives to meeting water supply and water quality challenges.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

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

  • Working with DOI to ensure that Administration priorities for this program are addressed.
  • Focusing budgetary resources on completing ongoing rural water projects.
  • Include programmatic goals with measurable objectives and outcomes within DOI's Strategic Plan for the Rural Water program.

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