COMMISSIONERS
This individual served as the first woman Commissioner of Reclamation.
Who is Brenda Berman?
In 1928, Congress authorized this project that contains Hoover Dam.
What is the Bolder Canyon Project?
In the term WaterSMART, SMART represents this phrase.
What is Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow?
This WaterSmart program contains three elements to help entities plan and secure water supply reliability in times of water scarcity.
What is the Drought Response Program?
A practice that can be defined as taking actions to use less water to achieve the same benefits.
What is water conservation?
An American professor, government official, and engineer that led Reclamation from 1924 until his death in 1936 and during his tenure, oversaw some of the most complex projects that Reclamation has ever undertaken.
Who was Elwood Mead?
Authorized in 1933, this project provides irrigation water and municipal supplies in CA and is capable of storing 13 million AF.
What is the Central Valley Project?
California water districts are applying for WaterSMART grants to comply with SGMA. SGMA is an abbreviation for this California law passed in 2014.
What is the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act?
This program offers federal internship and employment opportunities for current students, recent graduates and those with an advanced degree.
What is the Pathways Program?
A practice that bolsters local water supplies, improve water quality, save energy and reduce discharge and disposal costs of wastewater.
What is water recycling?
This Commissioner was the main character of Cadillac Dessert and was a strong advocate for use of the Colorado River and other water resources of the west for agriculture and development.
Who was Floyd Elgin Dominy?
This project was built to irrigate over 68,000 acres which includes parts of Imperial County and designed for year-round farming conditions and water from the Colorado River.
What is the Yuma Project?
Passed in 2022, IRA is an acronym for this Federal Law.
What is the Inflation Reduction Act?
With projects located largely in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and New Mexico, this program is authorized to design and construct water supply systems for communities with nonexistent, substandard, or declining water supply or water quality.
What is the Rural Water Supply Program?
A process of diverting surface water from one water contractor to another for storage in an aquifer where it will later be returned for beneficial use.
What is water banking?
Serving from 2001-2006, this individual was the 16th Commissioner of Reclamation and is honored through an award given to exemplary employees for their collaboration and partnering achievements.
Who was John Keyes?
This project was originally named the Sweetwater Project and provides irrigation services in Wyoming and Nebraska.
What is the North Platte Project?
CEJST is an acronym for this tool developed by DOI.
What is the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool?
Authorized under sections 40901 and 40903 of BIL, this program this program provides financial assistance for projects that, when implemented, will increase water supply reliability, improve operational flexibility, and enhance climate resiliency of water and related infrastructure.
What is the Small Storage Program?
A temporary change of a water right to move water from one entity to another entity.
What is a water transfer?
Born in Bradford Pennsylvania, this hydrologic engineer served as the first director of Reclamation. Please note that before the term Commissioner was used, heads of Reclamation were referred to as directors.
Who was Fredrick Haynes Newell?
This earthen dam collapsed in in 1976 resulting in over $2 billion in damage. After the collapse, the dam was never rebuilt.
What is Teton Dam?
RISE is an abbreviation for this information system.
Reclamation Information Sharing Environment
Although known today as WaterSMART, this program has been renamed by administrations over the years. In 2008, this program fell under this initiative.
What is Water for America?
An agricultural water management practice whereby water is applied below the ET requirements.
What is deficit irrigation?