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15.566
To plan, implement, and administer programs to align water supplies and demand for irrigation water users associated with the Klamath Project, with a primary emphasis on programs developed or endorsed by local entities comprised of representatives of those water users. Activities are subject to appropriations and required environmental reviews. Expenditures may not exceed $10 million on an average annual basis, and programs may not: (A) foster groundwater use that results in groundwater level declines that, based on existing data from the United States Geological Survey, are more than appropriate in a critically dry year, taking into consideration the long-term sustainability of aquifers; (B) adversely affect compliance with applicable laws protecting fishery resources in Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River.
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N/A Formed an organizational working group to better estimate water supply and instrumentation measurement standardization during both drought and non-drought seasons; re-implement and update a 2006 groundwater model that provides accurate representation of basin subsurface water supplies; began studies to improve inflow forecasts into Upper Klamath Lake, estimate historical groundwater baseflow to streams, evapotranspiration, and snowpack estimating via satellite imagery.
Formed an organizational working group to better estimate water supply and instrumentation measurement standardization during both drought and non-drought seasons; re-implement and update a 2006 groundwater model that provides accurate representation of basin subsurface water supplies; began studies to improve inflow forecasts into Upper Klamath Lake, estimate historical groundwater baseflow to streams, evapotranspiration, and snowpack estimating via satellite imagery. The program will cease after FY20.
Tasked the USGS and Oregon Water Resources Division to take groundwater measurements and analyze the effects on lakes, rivers and streams as the groundwater reservoirs increase or decrease. Data was and is being posted to a central website for public view. This groundwater analyses contracts will cease after FY20.
System improvement planning is under way at two Klamath Project irrigation districts. In 2021, the Klamath Project Drought Response Agency distributed over $17.5 million to Klamath Project irrigators to reduce demand on drought-limited irrigation water supplies.
Reclamation modified the FY21 cooperative agreement with the Klamath Project Drought Response Agency to continue drought response activities with $10 million in additional funding, with $8 million more in process at the time of writing. Three additional cooperative agreements, with Horsefly Irrigation District, Langell Valley Irrigation District, and Farmers Conservation Alliance, totaling $5.3 million, are in progress.
Reclamation continued funding the Klamath Project Drought Response Agency to continue drought response activities with approximately $7-$8 million in new funding. Reclamation funded three agreements for system modernization and SCADA with Langell Valley Irrigation District, Horsefly Irrigation District, and Farmers Conservation Alliance, totalling $5.3 million.
Projects undertaken have helped the Klamath Basin agricultural sector cope with persistent drought conditions by providing funding to support short-term demand reduction as well as planning for long-term modernization and efficiency projects sponsored by the Natural Resources Conservation Service PL566 program.
Projects undertaken have helped the Klamath Basin agricultural sector cope with persistent drought conditions by providing funding to support short-term demand reduction as well as planning for long-term modernization and efficiency projects sponsored by the Natural Resources Conservation Service PL566 program.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
