Drop 2 Reservoir System Efficiency
Intentionally Created Surplus Project

The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has agreed to fund a portion of the construction of the Drop 2 Reservoir storage project along the All-American Canal.

All American Canal photo courtesy of the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

This project will capture U.S. Colorado River water that would otherwise go unused in the Lower Basin and pass into Mexico.

SNWA has agreed to fund a portion of this project in exchange for receiving at least 400,000 acre-feet of available water (consumptive use volume) from Lake Mead under normal conditions on the Colorado River at a maximum rate of 40,000 acre-feet per year beginning in 2011.