Cooperative Agreement 58602450030

This $300,236 National Science Foundation project grant will fund collaborative research exploring the influence of agricultural tile drainage on streamflow and water temperatures in the Midwestern United States. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen the national scientific enterprise, this research will develop quantile regression models to examine how tile drainage alters streamflow and water...

The Tulare Irrigation District in California was awarded a $520,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to develop an advanced online geographic information system (GIS) data management, modeling, and forecasting tool. This tool will elevate the efficiency of surface water and groundwater operations, enabling improved real-time water resource management in the region. The project aims to better...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,400,000 Project Grant under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The 4-year grant, running from August 2024 to December 2028, will fund a study to quantify the full water budget and aquifer recharge for three different rice field management practices in California: growing rice, leaving fields fallow, and planting non-irrigated cover crops. The...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $4,511,673 project grant to the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) located in California's Central Valley. The funding will enable TID's Civil Engineering Division to improve and automate five drop structures on the district's main canal. This project involves modifying the drop structures, installing new automated gates, and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA #47.084) program to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Office of Research Administration. The grant supports the development of a user-tailored irrigation water management decision-support hub focused on California's Central Valley. The project aims to provide individual growers with high-resolution, daily irrigation advice by integrating satellite...

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1,658,031 Project Grant to the University of Florida (UF) through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) to advance precision variable rate irrigation (VRI) technology. This 4-year project aims to optimize crop water productivity and environmental sustainability in Florida, Georgia, and Minnesota. The project will evaluate VRI systems and multi-mode sensor technologies to improve on-farm...

This cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will provide $173,424 to develop a methodological framework linking irrigated croplands to their specific water sources from February 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025. As part of the U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), this project directly supports the agency's Water Availability and Use Science Program efforts to improve water use and...

This $499,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund research at Cornell University to advance optimization frameworks for multi-use water management in the Delaware River Basin. The project aims to clarify tradeoffs and vulnerabilities in the basin's water management strategies under the impacts of climate change, shifting human system demands, and land use changes. Key...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,765,371.00 Project Grant to the Lower Tule River Irrigation District and Pixley Irrigation District in central California under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the installation of 742 automated magnetic smart meters along 320 miles of open canals within the two districts. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 10,621...

The Turlock Irrigation District will receive $7.93 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 38-acre regulating reservoir. The reservoir will capture operational spills from water delivery canals during periods of excess supply and return the stored flows to canals during times of water shortages. This project aims to improve water management of 10,000...