American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The Bureau of Reclamation invested $946 million in America’s water infrastructure under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to create jobs and get the economy moving again. Through this investment, Reclamation created or retained more than 10,200 jobs.

Workers restoring Battle Creek in California. Project funded by ARRA.

Once stakeholders identified projects as critical, Reclamation worked through a rigorous merit-based process to identify investments that met the criteria put forth by the Recovery Act. These project criteria included addressing Interior’s highest priority mission needs, generating the largest number of jobs in the shortest period of time and creating lasting value for the American public.

Reclamation identified six priority areas: Meeting Future Water Supply Needs, Improving Infrastructure Reliability and Safety, Environmental and Ecosystem Restoration, Water Conservation Initiative, Green Buildings and Emergency Drought Relief.

ARRA funding provided to these six priority areas total:

• Meeting Future Water Supply Needs - $469.6 million
• Improving Infrastructure Reliability and Safety - $155.2 million
• Environmental and Ecosystem Restoration - $220.1 million
• Water Conservation Initiative - $38.2 million
• Green Buildings - $19.5 million
• Emergency Drought Relief in the West - $40.6 million

ARRA Summary Report

Regional Fact Sheets

• Great Plains
• Lower Colorado
• Mid-Pacific
• Pacific Northwest
• Upper Colorado

Selected Project Fact Sheets

• Mussel Monitoring and Detection Program
• Urbanized Canal Inspections
• Flatiron Penstock Recoating
• Fort Peck (Assiniboine and Sioux) Reservation/Dry Prairie Rural Water System
• Lewis and Clark Regional Water System - Water Treatment Plant
• Standing Rock Rural Water System
• Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado River Operations Program Green Building
• Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment Program,
  Phase 1
• Wells 21 and 22 Project
• Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project
• Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie
• Emergency Drought Relief
• Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvements and Pumping Plant
• Sunnyside Division Board of Control - YRBWEP Sunnyside Conduit
• Columbia Basin Project - Weber Siphon Complex
• Animas-La Plata Project Accelerated Construction
• Colorado River Basinwide Salinity Projects
  

Selected Status Reports

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)— Urbanized Canal Inspections Status Report