Program Description
Basin Studies are collaborative studies, cost-shared with non-Federal partners, to evaluate the impacts of climate change and help ensure sustainable water supplies by identifying strategies to address imbalances in water supply and demand. Each study includes four key segments:
- State-of-the-art projections of future supply and demand by river basin, including the impacts of climate change.
- An analysis of how the basin's existing water and power operations and infrastructure will perform in the face of changing water realities.
- Development of adaptation and mitigation strategies to meet current and future water demands.
- A trade-off analysis of the adaptation and mitigation strategies identified.
For more information on the Basin Studies, please visit the Bureau of Reclamation's website.
General Program Requirements
To be eligible to apply, applicants must have water management authority and be located in the 17 Western United States - specifically, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The specific boundaries of the study area will be identified by Reclamation with the cost-share partners through the proposal development and selection process. Basin studies may include the study of related impacts outside of a basin's geographic boundaries.
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