Refuge Water Supply Program

Refuge Water Supply Program

Logo of the Refuge Water Supply Program.
General statistics
Program Type	Federal
Program Administration	Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service
Year Begun	1992
Wetlands Affected	Sacramento 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 Quantity	555,515AF
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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]