Welcome to the Bureau of Reclamation's
Yuma Area Office
Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office is located 5 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. Our office is responsible for scheduling Colorado River water deliveries in Arizona, California, and Mexico serving over 750,000 people and more than 1 million acres of commercial agriculture. We manage the Colorado River from Davis Dam to the border with Mexico. Our office also operates and maintains large-scale well fields to help maintain water tables near the Yuma area. We are also home to the Yuma Desalting Plant, one of the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plants. We participate in water conservation outreach and demonstration projects with local irrigation districts and Native American tribes. We also conduct advanced water treatment research at our state-of-the-art research center.
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 Opening of Yuma Siphon Historical Exhibits Celebrated In commemoration of Arizona’s Centennial, the Bureau of Reclamation and Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Quartermaster Depot to celebrate the grand opening of exhibits commemorating the historic Yuma Siphon Project. The siphon, touted as an engineering marvel when originally built, is still in use today and located near the Yuma Quartermaster Depot. Water first bubbled through the structure on June 29, 1912 helping fuel the dramatic growth of agriculture and commerce in the Yuma Valley over the past century. This video offers more info about the historic siphon and its impact on Reclamation’s water development history in the Yuma area. |
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Date last updated:
2/16/12 3:51 PM