Cooperative Agreement A13AC00025

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) was awarded a $119,687 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Use and Data Research (WUDR) Program to enhance the quality and usability of West Virginia's water use data. Under this 2-year project, WVDEP will identify and implement several improvements to their Large Quantity User (LQU) database, including establishing a one-to-one primary facility key to resolve duplicate facility IDs, integrating the...

The Agassiz Water Users District (AWUD) was awarded a $206,210.67 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will be used to add 425 new residential Automatic Meter Read (AMR) systems, including AMR-compatible meters and smartpoint heads, to AWUD's water distribution system. The new AMR technology will provide real-time data to AWUD staff, enabling...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,132,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant to Canada De LOS Alamos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers And Mutual Sewage Works Association on May 12, 2022 to provide emergency community water assistance through May 12, 2024. The funding will support the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program, which provides funds to rural communities experiencing a significant decline in water quantity or quality due to an...

The Moulton Niguel Water District (MNWD) in Laguna Niguel, California was awarded a $472,835 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will enable MNWD to partner with Orange County Public Works to develop a strategy to divert urban runoff and stormwater within the Aliso Creek watershed. The goal is to improve downstream water quality and increase local...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760), provides $13,118,027.78 in funding to Union Water Supply Corporation to construct, upgrade, or repair drinking water systems, wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste management systems, and stormwater infrastructure in the rural community of Garciasville, TX. The goal is to ensure reasonable user costs for rural...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $217,000 Project Grant under the Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants program (CFDA 10.761) to the Native American Water Association, a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Minden, Nevada. The grant funding supports the association's efforts to provide technical assistance and training services to rural and Native American communities to help identify and evaluate solutions for water and waste...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $238,620 Project Grant on September 6, 2023 to the Native American Water Association, a minority-owned non-profit organization, under the Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants program (CFDA 10.761). This grant supports the provision of technical assistance and training services to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas, particularly Native American communities....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $136,000 Project Grant under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760) to Comunidad Rivera, Inc., a non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant, awarded on December 12, 2023, will support water infrastructure improvements in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico through December 2025. Previously, in April 2020, Comunidad Rivera, Inc. received a $252,300 Project Grant from the USDA Rural...

The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $1,256,381 Project Grant to the RIO Water Supply Corporation on September 26, 2022 under the Water and Waste Grants and Loans and Loan Guarantees (Section 306C) program. The 306C WWD RUS COLONIAS - DOMESTIC WATER grant will support the RIO Water Supply Corporation, a water utility provider, in delivering domestic water services to rural communities in Texas. The Water and Waste Grants and Loans and Loan Guarantees...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504), will support the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board in conducting a feasibility study, alternatives analysis, preliminary design, environmental impact studies, and compliance analysis activities for a water reuse solution at the Upper Valley Water Treatment Plant. The key objectives of the project...