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Department of the Interior - Central Utah Project

The program develops water for municipal and industrial, agricultural, and fish and wildlife purposes, and mitigates some impacts of the Colorado River Storage Project. It accomplishes this by working with local entities to fund and build water infrastructure and restore damaged ecosystems.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • The program has a strong track record of building infrastructure in a cost-effective fashion, working closely with local water management entities, meeting its water delivery contracts, and meeting many of the environmental mitigation targets spelled out in its 1992 authorizing legislation.
  • One of the program's weaknesses concerns the recent inability of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Mitigation Commission) to spend its money promptly. This has resulted in significant carryover balances, and has delayed some environmental mitigation activities.
  • Some Mitigation Commission funding comes from the Western Area Power Administration, to mitigate for Colorado River projects that benefit power customers. However, this Deparment of Energy agency usually does not transfer its legally-mandated contribution to the Mitigation Commission until the middle of the fiscal year, complicating the financial management of the Mitigation Commission.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Transferring Western Area Power Administration funds to the Mitigation Commission in a timely fashion, early in the fiscal year.
  • Spending Mitigation Commission funds in a timely manner, and improving timely accountability and communication between the Mitigation Commission and its Washington leadership and oversight entities.
  • Developing future program evaluations to meet criteria for quality, scope, independence, and regularity.

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