President Joe Biden has picked M. Camille Calimlim Touton, a deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and former congressional staffer, as his nominee for the bureau’s top job.

杜顿（Touton），他作为填海专员的选择是宣布6月18日，白宫的职业生涯大部分时间都在国会助手中度过，最近是众议院运输和基础设施委员会的高级职员。

早些时候，托顿（Touton）是参议院能源和自然资源委员会和众议院自然资源委员会的助手，既授权资金，又监督内政部（填海家族的内政部）的政策。

During the Obama administration, she was Interior Dept. deputy assistant secretary for water and science

汤顿的提名有参议院确认。

众议员格蕾丝·纳波利塔诺（D-Calif。陈述released in January—when Touton was appointed a deputy commissioner at Reclamation that she is “a master of the complicated issues of Western water policy who fully understands the grave threats posed by climate change and unpredictable drought cycles.”

Interior said in a January陈述that, as a House transportation panel aide, Touton was the lead staffer on resilience provisions in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.

Touton has bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering and communication studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University.

在悠久的历史中，开垦负责美国西部的许多主要水项目，包括胡佛水坝和大库利大坝。18luck官网

The amount of new construction work undertaken by the bureau has declined since the post-World War II period. But it has emphasized modernizing its infrastructure and also a focus on resilience and dam safety.

水管理仍然是开垦最重要的任务之一 - 该局是美国最大的批发供水商，经营338个水库。

Reclamation also is the second-largest hydropower producer in the U.S.