Department of the Interior

We conducted a review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s (USBR’s) administration of transfers and conveyances of water. Our objective was to determine whether the transfers and conveyances facilitated by the USBR were done in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies.We could not make a...

We inspected whether the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) implementation of its 2012 Idle Well Review and Data Entry policy reduced its number of idle wells in accordance with policy. Specifically, we assessed whether BLM: (1). maintained an accurate inventory of idle wells; (2) developed a clear...