 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow)Water is our most precious natural resource and is increasingly stressed by the demands our society places on it. Adequate water supplies are an essential element in human survival, ecosystem health, energy production, and economic sustainability. Significant climate change-related impacts on water supplies are well documented in the scientific literature and scientists are forecasting changes in hydrologic cycles. More on WaterSMART... WaterSMART Implementation Plan WaterSMART Funding Boosts Reclamation, Re-Use and Efficiency Projects to Maximize Water Availability in the West (May 2, 2012) - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected $32.2 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants and Title XVI Projects and Feasibility Studies to stretch water supplies and conserve energy in the western United States. More... Update on Climate Analysis Tools, Advanced Water Treatment Technology and System Optimization Reviews: Due to limited funding for WaterSMART this year, Reclamation will not be awarding System Optimization Reviews, Climate Analysis Tools and Advanced Water Treatment grants in fiscal year 2012. Interior’s WaterSMART Program Funds Studies of Water Supplies and River Environments in Five Western Water Basins - (March 21, 2012) Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation is providing $2.4 million in funding for comprehensive water studies in California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oklahoma. More... Genevieve Johnson Selected as Coordinator of Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative - (May 3, 2012) Genevieve Johnson has been selected as Coordinator for the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). Johnson will provide ongoing facilitation and operational leadership to the Desert LCC consistent with the goals, objectives and guidance of the Desert LCC Steering Committee. More...
Desert LCC Governance and Operations Plan Posted - (Jan. 17, 2012) The Desert LCC Governance and Operations Plan have been posted. They can be viewed on the Desert LCC page. Yakima River Basin Study, First One Completed Under Reclamation's WaterSMART Program - The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology reached a significant year-end milestone with the completion of the Yakima River Basin Study in 2011. It was one of three such studies initiated in 2009, and subsequently carried out under Reclamation's WaterSMART Basin Study Program. More... | Report Last updated: 5/3/12 |
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Partnerships in the Colorado River Basin Demonstrate National Promise of Interior’s WaterSMART Program - Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle announced the release of a report on the effectiveness of the Department of the Interior’s national WaterSMART Program as demonstrated by its work within the Colorado River Basin. 
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