Funding from the $240.4 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is still being disbursed.
The latest funding to the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation will help communities to repair water infrastructure that has long needed updating.
“President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making a historic investment in drought resilience and water infrastructure,” said Secretary Deb Haaland in a news release. “As western communities face growing challenges accessing water in the wake of record drought, these investments in our aging water infrastructure will safeguard community water supplies and revitalize water delivery systems.”
In a six-page spreadsheet, the Bureau of Reclamation outlined the projects that are classified as “extraordinary maintenance” needs. It includes things like the renovation of the Crow Creek Pumping Plant with Toston Irrigation District at an estimated $2.9 million.
The Deer Creek Dam requires additional flow control redundancy and flexibility. Funding is provided for planning, design and construction of the rehabilitation at an estimated $79 million.
“The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with states and local water districts receiving municipal water and irrigation water from federally-owned projects, is responsible for much of the water infrastructure in the West,” said Acting Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner David Palumbo. “These water systems work because of this federal to non-federal partnership, and this funding will help to complete necessary extraordinary maintenance keeping projects viable and partnerships strong."
The Bureau of Reclamation lists 46 projects on its website that will be funded.
