The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Porterville Irrigation District (District) a $923,033 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, the District will construct a surface water distribution system to serve 675 acres in its service area that currently only has access to groundwater. The project includes building a pipeline along Road 196 to connect the Lower Tule River Irrigation District 4...
The Bureau of Reclamation, through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $43,074,644 Cooperative Agreement to the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) in Patterson, CA. The purpose of this award is for PID to construct upgrades to the conveyance facility connecting the San Joaquin River to the Delta-Mendota Canal, expanding capacity from 35 CFS to 195 CFS. This project will improve water delivery flexibility, enhance drought resilience, and provide...
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 Columbia Irrigation District in Kennewick, Washington was awarded a $151,730.73 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507). The funding will support the installation of four automated integrated flow measurement gates on Canal 2 and integrate them into the district's existing supervisory control and data acquisition system. This project aims to automate the...
The Contra Costa Resource Conservation District (CCRCD) was awarded a $298,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The grant will fund CCRCD's efforts to engage stakeholders and develop a community-supported watershed restoration plan for the Walnut Creek watershed in the San Francisco Bay region. The project aims to alleviate key issues of concern by establishing a vision and...
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was awarded a $7,844,510.25 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant funding will support the construction of a pump station at the Feeder No.3 Canal to promote irrigation efficiency and water management in the West-Side Belen Division. The project aims to address upstream operating constraints and...
The Colorado River Indian Tribes will receive $158,165 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to install continuous water flow measurement equipment at six sublateral heading sites and three spill sites on the Colorado River Irrigation Project. The Tribes will leverage this funding to improve data management through integration with their supervisory control and data acquisition...
This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services (WCFS) program (CFDA 15.530) provides $102,383.00 to the Owyhee Irrigation District to develop the design for converting 5,880 linear feet of open Kingman Lateral canal to a piped canal system. The goal is to save water and eliminate the risk of canal failure, which would increase water availability and reduce risk to people and property in the vicinity. The expected...
This federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) will result in the development of design standards, details, and specifications for metered irrigation water delivery structures for four prioritized customer categories under varying field conditions. The award will also provide associated deployment cost estimates, which will better position the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) to budget and apply for financial...
This $398,895 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will enable the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation (REDCO), the economic development arm of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, to implement climate-smart irrigation technology on 1,400 acres of certified organic farmland on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Specifically, the grant funding will...