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<br />OOllJJ5 <br /> <br />Mission of the Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior is <br />responsible for the development and conservation of the Nation's <br />water resources in the Westem United States. <br /> <br />The Bureau's original PUrp058 "to provide for the reclamation of arid <br />and semiarid lands in the West" today covers a wide range of interre. <br />laled functions. These include providing municipal and industrial water <br />supplies; hydroelectric power generation; irrigation water for agricul- <br />ture; water quality improvement' flood control; river navigation; river <br />regulation and conuol; fish and wildlife enhancement; outdoor recrea. <br />rion: and research on water-related design, construction, materials, <br />atmospheric management, and wind and solar power. <br /> <br />Bureau programs most frequently are the result of close cooperation <br />with the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies. States, local govern- <br />ments, academic insrirutions, water-user organizations, and other <br />concerned groups. <br />