WaterSMART - A Three Year Progress Report - The Department of the Interior's WaterSMART program is saving water, finding better ways to stretch existing supplies and helping partners plan to meet future water demands, according to a three-year progress report on the program released on October 11, 2012. The program provides scientific, financial and collaborative tools that will enable Interior to meet its water savings goal of 730,000 acre-feet per year by 2013. More...
President Obama Visits Hoover Dam - President Obama visited Hoover Dam along the Colorado River on October 2, 2012. In this photo, he is standing on the transformer deck at the base of the dam. He also viewed the dam from the lookout and toured the rest of the dam. Source: White House, Photographer Pete Souza.
Reclamation's Invasive Mussel Research Laboratory Awarded Colorado Governor's Award for High Impact Research - Reclamation's Invasive Mussel Research Laboratory in Denver, Colo., has been selected by CO-Labs to receive its 2012 Governor's Award for High Impact Research. The lab was recognized for its advances in the early detection of invasive zebra and quagga mussels and evaluation of potential control methods. More...
Interior Announces $43 Million Agreement for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly have announced a $43 million financial assistance agreement for design and construction of a portion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The leaders broke ground in June on the historic project, which, when completed, will have the capacity to deliver clean running water to a potential future population of approximately 250,000. This milestone is one in a series of steps that are part of the larger Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. More... Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center Operations Move Temporarily - Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center Operations Move Temporarily - The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center will temporarily move operations to the John W. Keys III Pump Generating Plant beginning October 1 through mid-December while the new 500kV lines are strung across the Columbia River. More...
Crow Tribe Irrigation Rehabilitation Groundbreaking - Dignitaries participated in a groundbreaking for the rehabilitation of the Crow Tribal Irrigation System on September 24. The Reno Diversion shown in the photo will be among the first of more than 2,300 structures to be replaced. Many of the irrigation features are more than 100 years old. The rehabilitation will be coordinated by the Crow Tribe Water Resources Office in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation. More...
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