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The Bureau of Reclamation says it has completed Phase 1 of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project with a ribbon-cutting celebration of 10 miles of new, concrete-lined canal. The new lining replaced an original section that had sunk from persistent groundwater removal since its construction in 1951.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation now has an unprecedented $8 billion pot of money for Western water infrastructure, roughly doubling the size of its budget over the next five years.