Project Grant R04AV40013

The Bureau of Reclamation, through its Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $7,844,510.25 project grant to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant funding will be used to construct a pump station at the Feeder No.3 Canal to promote irrigation efficiency and water conservation in the West-Side Belen Division. The project aims to address upstream operating constraints and drought impacts that have impeded the...

The Hidalgo County Irrigation District (HCID) in Mission, Texas will construct a new pump station to increase the reliability and flexibility of diverting water from the Rio Grande River during periods of drought, under a $5,056,600 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). This project aims to address operational limitations of HCID's current river lift station due to persistent low...

The Florida Consolidated Ditch Company, located in Durango, Colorado, was awarded a $4,649,853 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 a project to convert 4.5 miles of open earthen irrigation lateral to a buried, pressurized high-density polyethylene pipeline, along with the construction of 24 irrigation turnouts, a reinforced...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,214,625 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) grant to The Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation (CRGRF), in partnership with the San Luis Valley Irrigation District, to improve diversion infrastructure on the Farmers Union Canal and Rio Grande 1 Ditch near Del Norte, CO. The project aims to construct a new multi-benefit diversion structure that will provide safe fish and boat passage, enhance aquatic and riparian habitat, and deliver reliable irrigation water to...

The Department of Natural Resources Colorado received a $1,241,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Recreation Resources Management (CFDA 15.524) program. The grant will fund two key infrastructure projects: Resurfacing up to 300 feet of the Navajo State Park boat ramp with a 6-inch concrete overlay, which may require a temporary cofferdam and dock system relocation depending on reservoir levels and budget. Replacing 11 composting...

The City of Santa Fe was awarded a $40,851,805 project grant through the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The grant will fund the Santa Fe Reuse Pipeline Project to construct 17.7 miles of pipeline and a new pump station connecting the Paseo Real Water Reclamation Facility to a new outfall at the Rio Grande River. This project, also known as the San Juan Chama Water Return Flow Pipeline Project, will convey...

The North Side Pumping Company received a $4,024,566 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA #15.507). The grant funds will support decommissioning two outdated pumping plants from the 1920s and installing approximately 25 new high-efficiency pump stations equipped with variable frequency drives and flow meters connected to existing on-farm irrigation...

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...

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...

The City of Summit, Arkansas was awarded a $194,831 Project Grant from the Delta Regional Authority to install a new booster pump station near its master meter. The grant was awarded on September 8, 2022 through the Delta Regional Authority's Delta Area Economic Development program (CFDA 90.201) and is to be completed by September 8, 2024. The Delta Regional Authority's mission includes partnering with communities to support self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. This...