Cooperative Agreement A14AC00043

The City of Las Cruces, New Mexico will install smart irrigation systems at six municipal sites through a $150,001 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. The smart irrigation systems will include evapotranspiration, flow management, cycle and soak capabilities to be controlled centrally. This aims to reduce irrigation water waste and labor requirements, supporting the city's water conservation plan goals. The WaterSMART program, listed...

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...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded Washington State University a $136,931 project grant under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to determine the efficacy of subsurface drip (SDI) versus surface drip (SD) irrigation delivery methods for optimizing water use in winegrape management. The grant period is from September 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. As part of the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program's...

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 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 Lower Republican Natural Resources District in Nebraska will install telemetry equipment on 1,057 irrigation flow meters and other water management sensors, as well as eight solar-powered weather stations across the district, to improve on-farm water management and reporting through real-time water use data collection and broadcasting under a $4,360,858 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. Funded through Reclamation's WaterSMART program, the project aims...

The United Irrigation District, located in Hidalgo County, Texas, was awarded a $1,700,000 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) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will be used to install seven flow control and metering gates and four flow control gates on the Bryan Canal, which provides water to the cities of Mission and McAllen, Texas, and the Sharyland Water...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,265,585 Project Grant to the Co-op Farm Irrigation Company under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the conversion of 20,800 feet of existing earthen and concrete-lined irrigation ditches to high-density polyethylene pipe. The piped system will include a flow meter, individual user meters, and a 15-horsepower pump. The project will also install an 11.8-kilowatt solar...

The Fruitland Irrigation Company (the Company), located in western Colorado, received a $184,050 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funding will be used to install Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems at three key gates along the Company's ditch and reservoir system. This project will enable the Company...

The University of Florida was awarded a $1,615,906 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (CFDA 10.913). The grant will fund efforts to enhance irrigation management in vegetable farms in the Southeast US through February 2025. Specifically, the University of Florida will develop high spatial and temporal resolution root zone and soil moisture maps to support irrigation management and water...