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  • Budget

    President proposes $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2025 for Bureau of Reclamation

    Looking downstream from the top of Shasta Dam with water being released through various gates within the dam.March 11, 2024 – President Biden today proposed a $1.6 billion gross discretionary fiscal year 2025 budget for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. The budget builds on recent accomplishments and supports the Administration’s goals of ensuring reliable and environmentally responsible delivery of water and power for farms, families, communities and industry, while providing tools to confront widening imbalances between supply and demand throughout the West. Read More →

  • Rio Grande

    Reclamation prepares for another below average runoff on the Rio Grande

    March 6, 2024 – Water managers are expecting a low spring runoff this year on the Rio Grande after issuing the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) February streamflow forecast for El Vado Reservoir inflow for March to July, which predicts inflow at only 46% of median. While conditions can change dramatically and it is still too early to make reliable predictions, last year, March to July inflow to El Vado was 177% of median. Elephant Butte Reservoir is now 25% full compared to about 14% at this time in 2023. Read More →

  • Colorado River

    Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Milestone to Protect Short-Term Stability of Colorado River Basin

    March 5, 2024 – The Biden-Harris administration today announced a significant milestone in its efforts to protect the stability and sustainability of the Colorado River System and strengthen water security in the West. With historic water conservation enabled by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Administration has staved off the immediate possibility of the Colorado River System’s reservoirs from falling to critically low elevations that would threaten water deliveries and power production. Due to record conservation investments as well as improved hydrology, Lake Mead levels today, at elevation 1075 feet, are the highest since May 2021, when they were at 1073 feet. Read More →

  • California Water

    Reclamation announces initial 2024 water supply allocations for Central Valley Project contractors

    Feb. 21, 2024 – Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced initial 2024 water supply allocations for Central Valley Project water users. Water supply allocations are based on an estimate of water available for delivery to Central Valley Project water users and reflect current reservoir storage, precipitation, and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. Read More →

  • WaterSMART

    Reclamation provides $1.8 million for comprehensive water study in American Samoa

    A photo taken from a nearby mountain showing Pago Pago Harbour in American Samoa with Pacific Ocean surrounding it and the island.Feb. 21, 2024 – The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the American Samoa Power Authority, is making $1.8 million available to conduct a basin study on the American Samoa island Tutuila. American Samoa is facing challenges related to climate change, water distribution system losses, and reliance on freshwater aquifers, which are susceptible to saltwater intrusion. Read More →

  • Colorado River

    Investing in America: Protecting the Colorado River

    Flowing across 1,500 miles, two countries, 30 Tribal Nations and seven states, the Colorado River is more than a river—it’s the lifeblood of the West. Vital for supporting agricultural communities, businesses and cities, it also provides carbon-free, renewable hydropower while sustaining plant and animal life at every bend in the river. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton shares how we’re deploying $2.9 billion (to date) from the President’s #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw and #InflationReductionAct to fund 400 projects that will help conserve water, including the Colorado River Basin. We’re using this funding to evaluate projects that will build long-term system efficiency – like lining canals, restoring aquatic ecosystems, and increasing water efficiency.

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Recreation & Public Use

Reclamation Recreation Map Reclamation Land Use

The public may apply to use Reclamation land, facilities, and waterbodies, and may engage in the use only after proper authorization is received from Reclamation. Use authorizations are not required for permitted public recreational use of recreation areas and facilities open to the public. Read More →


Reclamation Recreation Map Reclamation Recreation Website

Reclamation projects have created a variety of recreation opportunities on the rivers downstream from the dams, including world class whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities. Read More →


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Recreation.gov helps you discover and book trips at Reclamation facilities and at all of America's public places. Read More →


Reclamation Information Sharing Environment

RISE is an open data system for viewing, accessing, and downloading Reclamation's water and water-related data. Visit the RISE website.


Statement of Project Construction Cost and Repayment Statements Are Available from Reclamation

Reclamation has been accumulating construction cost and repayment data since the first reimbursable project began and created the Statement of Project Construction Cost and Repayment (SPCCR) to capture cost and repayment data by project, for internal use only. However, these are now available by request. Read More →



Last Update 3/11/24