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Correction: Infrastructure-Explainer-Western Water story

Aug 13, 2021, 11:00 AM | Updated: Aug 16, 2021, 4:03 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2021, file photo, Buchanan Dam holds back water in Eastman Lake in unincorp...

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2021, file photo, Buchanan Dam holds back water in Eastman Lake in unincorporated Madera County, Calif. At the time of this photo, the reservoir was at 11 percent of capacity and 20 percent of its historical average. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

(AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

FILE - In this May 22, 2021, file aerial photo, a launch ramp, extended to accommodate low water levels, stretches into Lake Oroville in Oroville, Calif. At the time of this photo, the reservoir was at 39 percent of capacity and 46 percent of its historical average. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, a riverboat glides through Lake Mead on the Colorado River at Hoover Dam near Boulder City, Nev. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - In this April 20, 2021, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine the American Jobs Plan, focusing on infrastructure, climate change, and investing in our nation's future on Capitol Hill in Washington. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File) FILE - In this May 23, 2021, file photo, a vehicle crosses Enterprise Bridge over Lake Oroville's dry banks in Oroville, Calif. At the time of this photo, the reservoir was at 39 percent of capacity and 46 percent of its historical average. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) FILE - In this June 9, 2021, file photo, a small stream runs through the dried, cracked earth of a former wetland near Tulelake, Calif. The area was drained in an effort to prevent an outbreak of avian botulism, which occurs when water levels become too low. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File) FILE - In this May 22, 2021, file photo, water drips from a faucet near boat docks sitting on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom, Calif. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson, File) FILE - In this June 9, 2021, file photo, Danny Nielsen walks through a tent on property he purchased next to the head gates of the Klamath River in Klamath Falls, Ore. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File) FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2021, file photo, Buchanan Dam holds back water in Eastman Lake in unincorporated Madera County, Calif. At the time of this photo, the reservoir was at 11 percent of capacity and 20 percent of its historical average. The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Aug. 14, 2021, The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount of money in the infrastructure bill for desalination studies and projects. It is $250 million, not $250 billion.

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Correction: Infrastructure-Explainer-Western Water story