Block Grant 90EI0541

The City of Edinburg, Texas will replace 500 residential water meters with smart meters through a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART program. The smart meters will help conserve water usage and prevent loss by allowing the city to better track and manage daily water consumption. This supports Edinburg's 2021 capital improvement plan to further water conservation and infrastructure upgrades. The grant-funded project aligns...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,266,667 Project Grant to the Santa Barbara County Water Agency under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The project will provide funding incentives for a regional water-wise landscape rebate program, offering rebates for irrigation efficiency retrofits, water-wise plants, and turf removal. This initiative is expected to result in annual water savings of 122 acre-feet, helping to...

The Solar and Energy Loan Fund of St. Lucie County, Inc., doing business as Solar & Energy Loan Fund, was awarded a $1,826,265 Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund on June 15, 2021. The grant period runs through September 30, 2023 under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program. The CDFI RRP aims to support Community Development Financial Institutions' ability to address the economic impacts of...

This $135,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will support People Incorporated Financial Services' small dollar lending program through June 2025. The Small Dollar Loan Program grant enables certified Community Development Financial Institutions to establish loan loss reserve funds and receive technical assistance grants to develop and maintain affordable small dollar loan programs. These programs are intended to...

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union a $280,000 Project Grant under the Small Dollar Loan Program (CFDA 21.025). The grant will enable the credit union to establish a loan loss reserve and receive technical assistance to develop and maintain a small dollar loan program through December 2024. The Small Dollar Loan Program aims to increase affordable alternative lending to underbanked and unbanked populations...

The Sutter Mutual Water Company will implement a series of upgrades to its water distribution system under a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. Funded through September 2025, the project aims to install automated gates and variable speed drives on motors to better control water flow and delivery. A new supervisory control and data acquisition system will also allow centralized monitoring and controls. These system improvements...

This $123,500 Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will support Betterfi's Small Dollar Loan Program. Through this award under the CDFI Fund's Small Dollar Loan Program (CFDA 21.025), Betterfi will establish a loan loss reserve and receive technical assistance to develop and maintain small dollar lending to underbanked populations. The expected outcomes are increased access to affordable capital and credit building opportunities...

The Northeast Regional Water District was awarded a $184,576 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program. The grant will fund the District's project to upgrade residential and bulk user metering capabilities on the North Valley Water District branch by adding 1,353 SmartPoint heads to existing automatic meter read compatible meters. This upgrade will enable the District to provide...

Snap Financial Access was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program. The award period is from June 15, 2021 through December 31, 2023 to support Snap Financial Access' ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in its service area in the United States. As a Community Development Financial Institution, Snap...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $13,890,000 WaterSMART program Project Grant (CFDA 15.507) to the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board. The grant will fund the replacement of 60,000 existing manual water meters with advanced metering infrastructure smart meters for residential and business customers, as well as the implementation of a customer portal for real-time water usage tracking. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of...