Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Revised Cost Estimates: Recommendations prepared by the Klamath Cost Review Workgroup and adopted by the Klamath Basin Coordinating Council

This document provides an overview of the cost estimates for the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement. It describes recent updates to the original cost estimates and the basis for those changes. The revised total cost estimate for implementing the KBRA is $799 million for 2012 through 2026. This is an 18 percent reduction from the cost estimates in the 2010 KBRA. The revised estimated costs now average $53 million per year for Federal funding for the KBRA. The revised cost estimates also shifted a number of costs to later years; this reduced the cost estimates in the first seven years by 38 percent.