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• Bureau of Reclamation

  Dec 10, 2018
  Draft Environmental Assessment released for the proposed modernization of the Third Power Plant, Generating Units 19–21 at Grand Coulee Dam

  

  GRAND COULEE, Wash. — The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed modernization project for generating units 19–21 (G19–G21) in the Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam.
  
  The proposed modernization project will provide ... (Read More →)

• Bureau of Reclamation

  Dec 10, 2018
  Flows released into Crab Creek for scheduled inspection at Pinto Dam

  

  EPHRATA, Wash. – The Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing flows up to 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Pinto Dam into Crab Creek, beginning the week of December 10, 2018, to perform a regularly planned inspection on the Pinto Dam headworks. Releases are not expected to last more than 30 ... (Read More →)

• Bureau of Reclamation

  Dec 06, 2018
  Reclamation releases draft Environmental Assessment for Aspen Canal Piping Project

  GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment on the Aspen Canal Piping Project located in Delta County, Colorado. The project would replace approximately 5.6 miles of open irrigation ditch with buried pipe. The ... (Read More →)

• Bureau of Reclamation

  Dec 04, 2018
  Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for Platte River Recovery Extension

  BILLINGS, Montana -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental and Biological Assessment (EA) and signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Proposed First Increment Extension. Reclamation, working with the states ... (Read More →)

• Bureau of Reclamation

  Dec 04, 2018
  Annual Lake Moovalya drawdown to occur in January 2019 for maintenance activities

  BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation is coordinating with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to lower the water level of Lake Moovalya by approximately one foot in elevation for about three weeks beginning in mid-January 2019. Lake Moovalya is the small body of water behind Headgate Rock Dam ... (Read More →)

• Bureau of Reclamation

  Dec 03, 2018
  Land purchase marks the beginning of next well

  

  BOISE, Idaho – The next phase of the Lewiston Orchards Water Exchange and Title Transfer project, construction of a second well, is underway with the purchase of land and city permitting complete. In July, the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District procured land located just east of the first well ... (Read More →)