 Secretary Salazar Releases Colorado River Basin Study Projecting Major Imbalances in Water Supply and Demand - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced the release of a study – authorized by Congress and jointly funded and prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states – that projects water supply and demand imbalances throughout the Colorado River Basin and adjacent areas over the next 50 years. The Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, the first of its kind, also includes a wide array of adaptation and mitigation strategies proposed by stakeholders and the public to address the projected imbalances. More... Reclamation Facility Wins 2012 Better Building Federal Award, Reducing Building Energy Use by 53.6 Percent - The Bureau of Reclamation's Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, N.M., is the winner of the Energy Department's 2012 Better Building Federal Award. The facility reduced its energy intensity by 53.6 percent from the previous year’s baseline. More... New Mid-Pacific Region Director David Murillo Committed to Working with Partners, Moving Forward on Many Priorities - David Murillo, the former deputy commissioner of operations for the Bureau of Reclamation in Washington, D.C., officially assumed the responsibilities of director of the Mid-Pacific Region on December 18, 2012. The Region encompasses 11 water projects across the northern two-thirds of California, most of western Nevada and part of southern Oregon. The Region includes California’s Central Valley Project, one of the largest and highest-profile, multi-purpose water projects in the nation. . More...Desalination and Water Purification Research Grant Opportunity Seeking Pre-Proposals - The Bureau of Reclamation is searching for new technologies that reduce the cost, improve operation and reliability, and develop innovations in desalination and water purification technologies. Reclamation’s Desalination and Water Purification Research Program is currently soliciting for pre-proposals from private industry, universities, water utilities and others to help meet these needs. More...
Non-Federal Applicants Sought for 2013 WaterSMART Basin Studies by Reclamation - The Bureau of Reclamation is initiating the process for those entities interested in participating in the 2013 Basin Studies through the WaterSMART Program. To participate in the selection process, interested non-Federal entities should submit a short letter of interest to its respective regional office by Jan. 9, 2013. More...
WaterSMART Grants Available - WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding is available for projects that conserve water or address water sustainability. More...
 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... |
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