** A Delta-Mendota Canal project in Central California will receive $204 million of federal funds; The Delta-Mendota Canal Image credit: Californoa**

The United States Department of the Interior this week said it will invest more than $849 million into upgrading water infrastructure in the western U.S.

The 77 Bureau of Reclamation projects, located across Arizona ($41 million), California ($364.9 million), Colorado ($63.2 million), Idaho ($12.5 million), Montana ($81.7 million), New Mexico ($187.9 million), North Dakota $32.5 million), Oregon ($2.1 million), South Dakota ($5.2 million), Utah ($400,000) and Washington ($57.9 million), will address:

• Restoration of canal capacity;
• Water treatment in Tribal communities and elsewhere ;
• Replacement of hydropower production equipment and improvements to hydropower generation;
• Maintenance for project buildings;
• Water conveyance and storage improvements; and
• Safety enhancements.

More than $118 million, according to the department, will go to 14 projects in the Colorado River Basin where communities have been dealing with the impacts of a 24-year drought.