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Operations Program Activities 



Regional Water Conservation Center 



The establishment of Regional Water Conservation Centers as focal points for 

 conservation program activity was identified as a key element of Reclamation's 

 recently developed Strategic Plan . These centers will be used to help 

 coordinate and highlight Reclamation's role in the sound management of the 

 Nation's water resources. 



Reclamation's Pacific Northwest Regional Water Conservation Center will give a 

 central focus and visibility to Reclamation's overall regional water 

 conservation program and create an active technical assistance and 

 information/education link among Reclamation offices, regional water users, 

 other local. State and Federal water resource agencies, organizations, and the 

 general public. 



Primary program functions to be provided through the Regional Water 

 Conservation Center include: 



--- Focus for regional conservation program activities 



--- Water conservation planning assistance to districts 



--- Central water resource and conservation program database 



--- Regional AgriMet program development 



--- Regional conservation information and education outreach 



Status : Ongoing. 



Contact : Allen Powers. Manager. Regional Water Conservation Center. Boise. 

 Idaho. 208-378-5280. 



AgriMet • Northwest Cooperative Agricultural Weather Network 



Background 



In 1983. Reclamation's Pacific Northwest Region began developing and operating 

 a network of automatic agricultural meteorological monitoring (AgriMet) 

 stations to provide real-time climatic data for modeling site-specific 

 agricultural consumptive use. This was accomplished in cooperation with the 

 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) as a combined effort toward the 

 conservation of water and power. The program has since expanded from the 

 original BPA program sponsorship into AgriMet partnerships throughout the 

 Northwest. These include public and private electric utilities, land grant 

 universities, the Cooperative Extension Service. Soil Conservation Service, 

 Agricultural Research Service, and other State and local water resource 

 agencies and organizations. 



The AgriMet network operates in conjunction with Reclamation's hydrological 

 meteorological (Hydromet) data collection system. Hydromet is a network of 

 real-time monitoring stations used in river and reservoir operations. The 



