Research and Development Office

Developing Water Supplies (WS)

Develop, enhance, and protect water supplies for Reclamation stakeholders with new technologies, solutions, and practices that expand, liberate, or conserve water supplies.

Research Categories

• Advanced Water Treatment (WS1): Develop technologies, methods, tools and approaches to advance the treatment of impaired water sources that allow Reclamation to better utilize existing supplies, increase existing Reclamation supplies through augmentation, or prolong existing Reclamation supplies by expanding or developing non-traditional supplies from an outside source such as impaired groundwater or surface water.
• Groundwater Supplies (WS2): Develop and improve solutions and tools that advance and optimize groundwater storage and conjunctive groundwater/surface water storage and use for Reclamation projects.
• Agricultural and Municipal Water Supplies (WS3): Develop and improve solutions and tools that automate, measure, and deliver agricultural water resulting in liberated water or a cost savings for Reclamation or its stakeholders.
• System Water Losses (WS4): Develop and improve solutions and tools that conserve water and/or reduce water losses, in Reclamation water storage and delivery systems.

Documents

06/2025	FY24 WS Research Area Summary PDF 2.4KB
03/2023	Research Area Summary FY23 WI PDF 2.4KB
03/2022	Research Updates Developing Water Supplies PDF 3.10 mb
03/2021	Research Updates Developing Water Supplies PDF 3.03 mb