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Refuge Water Supply Program information


Refuge Water Supply Program
Refuge Water Supply Program
Logo of the Refuge Water Supply Program.
General statistics
Program TypeFederal
Program AdministrationBureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service
Year Begun1992
Wetlands AffectedSacramento NWR

Delevan NWR
Colusa NWR
Sutter NWR
Gray Lodge WA
San Luis NWR Complex
Merced NWR
Los Banos WA
North Grasslands WA
Mendota WA
Volta WA
Grassland RCD
Kern NWR

Pixley NWR
Water Quantity555,515AF

The Refuge Water Supply Program (RWSP) is administered by the United States Department of the Interior jointly by the Bureau of Reclamation and Fish and Wildlife Service and tasked with acquiring a portion and delivering a total of 555,515 acre feet (AF) of water annually to 19 specific protected wetland areas in the Central Valley of California as mandated with the passing of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act signed on October 30, 1992, by President George H. W. Bush. [1]

  1. ^ "Central Valley Project Improvement Act". Retrieved August 28, 2023.

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