Editing Newlands Reclamation Act (section)

== Impact of the act==
Below are listed the larger of the irrigation projects of the United States, with the area reclaimed or to be reclaimed as of 1925. [[New International Encyclopedia|(1)]]  
* ''Arizona:''  [[Salt River Project#History|Salt River]], 182,000  
* ''Arizona-California:''  Yuma, 158,000  
* ''California:''  [[East Park Dam|Orland]], 20,000  
* ''Colorado:''  Grand Valley, 53,000; Uncompahgre Valley, 140,000  
* ''Idaho:''   [[Boise River|Boise]], 207,000;  [[Minidoka Project|Minidoka]], 120,500 
* ''Kansas:''  Garden City, 10,677  
* ''Montana:''  Blackfeet, 122,500; Flathead, 152,000; Fort Peck, 152,000; Huntley, 32,405; Milk River, 219,557; Sun River, 174,046  
* ''Montana-North Dakota:''  Lower Yellowstone, 60,116  
* ''Nebraska-Wyoming:''  [[North Platte Project|North Platte]], 129,270  
* ''Nevada:''  [[Truckee-Carson Irrigation District|Truckee-Carson]], 206,000  
* ''New Mexico:''  Carlsbad, 20,261; Hondo, 10,000; Rio Grande, 155,000  
* ''North Dakota:'' North Dakota Pumping, 26, 314  
* ''Oregon:''  Umatilla, 36,300  
* ''Oregon-California:''  Klamath, 70,000  
* ''South Dakota:''  [[Belle Fourche Dam|Belle Fourche]], 100,000  
* ''Utah:''  Strawberry Valley, 50,000  
* ''Washington:'' Okanogan, 10,999; Sunnyside, 102,824; Tieton (Teton), 34,071  
* ''Wyoming:''  [[Shoshone project|Shoshone]], 164,122

Much of the West could not have been settled without the water provided by the Act. The West became one of the premier agricultural areas in the world. Bureau of Reclamation statistics shows that the more than 600 of their dams on waterways throughout the West provide irrigation for {{convert|10|e6acre|km2}} of farmland, providing 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2024 |title=Bureau of Reclamation - About Us-Facts Sheet |url=https://www.usbr.gov/main/about/fact.html |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Bureau of Reclamation}}</ref> Currently, the Bureau operates about 180 projects in the West.

Not envisioned by the act, Bureau of Reclamation dams support 58 power plants producing 40 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually. Most of the large population centers in the Far West owe their growth to these power sources.