Cooperative Agreement G17AC00323

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $219,647.30 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) project grant (CFDA 15.507) to the Moapa Valley Water District located in Overton, Nevada. The grant funding will be used to upgrade 350 domestic water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) equipped with cellular endpoints. This AMI technology will provide the water district and its customers with detailed water usage data, enabling...

The North Tahoe Public Utility District (NTPUD) was awarded a $1,640,081 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant (CFDA 15.507) by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation on December 4, 2024. The grant will fund the installation of 2,815 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters with cellular endpoints to replace aging and inefficient automated meter reading water meters in the NTPUD service area on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe in Placer...

The Moapa Valley Water District received a $213,351 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on June 20, 2023. This grant will fund the District's project to upgrade 400 old and malfunctioning water meters with new Badger Meter 5/8" positive displacement disc meters and Orion cellular LTE-M data endpoints. The project also includes replacing 64 existing meter...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,224,295 project grant to the Desert Water Agency, a local government entity in southern California. This grant, funded through the Bureau's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support the final phase of the agency's Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation project. Specifically, the grant will enable the Desert Water Agency to equip the remaining 205 meters...

The Moulton Niguel Water District in Southern California received a $1,012,996 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 15.507) to replace 2,850 existing water meters with low resolution ultrasonic meters that are compatible with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,735 acre-feet by detecting and reducing...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $160,771 Cooperative Agreement on May 3, 2024 to the City of Caliente, Nevada under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The project aims to address inefficiencies, privacy, and safety concerns related to Caliente's electric meters by replacing old technology with advanced metering infrastructure. This will enable automatic meter information access and uploads for both the utility and its...

The South Tahoe Public Utility District was awarded a $966,874 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 grant will fund the installation of 80 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and meter transceiver units on residential and multifamily water service connections in El Dorado County, California. The project will connect these meters...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will provide $300,000 to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to enhance its water quality data management capabilities. The key activities include: 1) Expanding NDEP's water quality database to incorporate a broader range of biological and physical habitat data; 2) Mapping NDEP's data system to the Water Quality...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $267,049 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District in Nevada. The grant will fund the upgrade of two turbine runners at the district's 26-foot drop power plant. The project will replace fixed blade cast steel turbine runners with adjustable blade Kaplan style stainless steel runners, allowing the plant to start producing power at a lower flow of 80 cubic...