Interior Secretary Jewell Announces $50 Million to Help Conserve Water in Drought-Stricken West

by Gary Kopycinski on May 21, 2015

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LOS ANGELES, CA –-(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. As part of the Obama Administration’s continued effort to bring relief to western communities suffering from the historic drought, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell yesterday announced that Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will invest nearly $50 million to improve water efficiency and conservation in California and 11 other western states.