“If there’s no snowpack, there’s no water.”A recent report by the New York Times highlights some of the challenges faced by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, including regional manager Drew Lessard, to address a dwindling water supply out West.Drought and climate change have brought calls for action to rethink — and replace — an outdated infrastructure so that the nation’s largest wholesale water utility can obtain and distribute its product more efficiently.The Bureau of Reclamation, which was created in 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt, built and operates 476 dams, 348 reservoirs and more than 8,000 miles of aqueducts. According to
Drought, Climate Change Speed Call To Action
US Bureau of Reclamation rethinks its water management system to better serve a growing population amidst an uncertain future
