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The Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSmart program has provided $72 million to Colorado groups since 2010.

The Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSmart program has provided $72 million to Colorado groups since 2010.

Greater Western Water is encouraging businesses with high water needs to join Victoria’s WaterSmart program to track and target their water usage. Now in its second year, Greater Western Water is already supporting more than 20 businesses in Melbourne’s north and west regions to be water smart through the program. WaterSmart helps businesses with high water usage needs to save water and reduce water‑related operating costs by installing digital water monitoring via data loggers and undertaking water efficiency assessments to identify cost-effective ways to save water. Kessia Thomson, General Manager Strategy and Partnerships at Greater Western Water, said the WaterSmart program is helping businesses across the region maximise water efficiency. “In 2025 Melbourne’s water storages recorded their steepest annual decline since the Millennium Drought. We are experiencing increasingly dry conditions making water efficiency more important than ever,” Thomson said. “The WaterSmart program helps businesses identify where water is being used, when it’s being used, and most importantly, where they can use water more effectively. Water efficiency saves money and helps ensure we have enough water for everyone in the long term. “We have more than 20 organisations signed up to the program and would love to see even more join...

With drought and climate pressures intensifying across the West, Audubon and partners are sounding the alarm: Congress must fully fund the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART program before it's too late. Alongside a diverse coalition of 103 national, regional, state, and...

The plan will be built with $200,000 from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program.

The Rio Grande faces a water crisis. Learn why Congress should support WRDA 2026 and WaterSMART funding.

Danny of the Mancos Water Conservancy District told commissioners NEPA for a WaterSMART watershed project is near completion but delayed until roughly December; he outlined planned flume and telemetry metering for 11 ditches to meet Division 7 regulations and warned some ditch companies may lack funding to comply.

Entries are now being accepted through May 8 for the 2026 contest, honoring the best examples of watersmart landscape makeovers.

SB5402: A bill to extend authorizations for aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, multi-benefit watershed health projects, and WaterSMART grants, and for other purposes.

HB635: WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act

The Commission water resilience strategy sets out the way forward in EU water management to ensure water security and to prepare for water-related disasters, locally and globally.

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