Upper Colorado News & Highlights

• News Release – April 5, 2021

  Reclamation releases technical reports and interactive web tool supporting the 2021 SECURE Water Act Report
  Climate change impacts assessed on water supplies in 17 western states

  WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation today released final technical reports supporting the Water Reliability in the West - 2021 SECURE Water Act Report. Reclamation's 2021 West-Wide Climate and Hydrology Assessment and seven individual basin reports provide detailed information on climate change impacts and adaptation strategies to increase water supply reliability in the West. A new 2021 SECURE Report Web Portal is also available to provide a user-friendly, web-based format for delivery of information in the reports. Read More 

• News Release – April 1, 2021

  Reclamation awards $1.8 million to 11 tribes for water projects

  WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that 11 tribes in seven states will receive $1.8 million through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program. Read More 

• News Release – March 25, 2021

  Reclamation celebrates 50th anniversary of San Juan Chama Project

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Bureau of Reclamation's San Juan-Chama Project, which made its first official diversions in Colorado and deliveries of water through Azotea Tunnel and into Willow Creek in northern New Mexico for storage in Heron Reservoir on March 26, 1971. This milestone celebrates five decades of water delivery to New Mexico communities, farmers and recreationists. Read More 

• News Story – March 25, 2021

  Bringing Water to our Tribal Partners

  World Water Day is held annually on 22 March to promote a global focus on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year, theme for this global discussion is "Valuing Water." The campaign aims to raise awareness about the 2.2 billion people throughout the world that lack access to safe drinking water. Read More 

• News Release – March 17, 2021

  Projects throughout the Western United States receive $42.4 million in grants from Reclamation to conserve and use water more efficiently
  The water reliability projects will leverage the Reclamation funding to support approximately $176 million in improvements

  WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $42.4 million in grants to 55 projects throughout 13 states. These projects will improve the water reliability for these communities by using water more efficiently and power efficiency improvements that water supply reliability and generate more hydropower. The projects are anticipated to conserve more than 98,000 acre-feet of water per year. Read More 

• News Release – March 17, 2021

  Reclamation launches prize competition to improve reliability in hydropower facilities

  WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation launched the Automated Maintenance of Protection Systems Challenge to make power systems more reliable by automating maintenance testing of protective relays and associated potential and current transformers. The prize competition will consist of two phases and has a total prize pool of $250,000. Read More 

• News Release – March 16, 2021

  Reclamation names Katrina Grantz Upper Colorado Basin assistant regional director

  SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Reclamation is pleased to announce the selection of Katrina Grantz as assistant regional director for its Interior Region 7 — Upper Colorado Basin.

  Grantz, a 14-year Reclamation veteran, began her assignment March 14. As assistant regional director, she will oversee a range of water and hydropower programs in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Read More 

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