Cooperative Agreement R18AC00017

This $420,167 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the University of Virginia to develop integrated drought management policies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The goal is to evaluate potential economic, environmental and social impacts of droughts under current water management practices versus forecast-informed coordination of water markets and critical infrastructure operations. The research team will analyze impacts using regression models and develop an...

This $166,266 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop integrated drought management policies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The researchers will evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of droughts on agricultural and urban communities under current water management practices. They will then develop and analyze alternative plans that coordinate forecast-informed...

The Turlock Irrigation District will receive $7.93 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 38-acre regulating reservoir. The reservoir will capture operational spills from water delivery canals during periods of excess supply and return the stored flows to canals during times of water shortages. This project aims to improve water management of 10,000...

This $113,389 National Science Foundation Project Grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at the University of Alabama from February 2022 to January 2025 to develop integrated drought management strategies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The research team will evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of droughts on agricultural and urban communities under current water management practices. They will also develop and assess alternative drought...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded $469,654.86 to the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on February 27, 2026. The award funds development of a comprehensive drought contingency plan for the 27,670-acre Chorro Creek Watershed in San Luis Obispo County, California. The district will convene a local drought planning task force to...

This $620,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports South Dakota State University in developing a scalable decision support tool (S-DST) for equitable water resource allocation and drought mitigation in the Missouri River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project include: (1) analyzing climate change projections to assess drought risks, (2)...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $43,074,644 Cooperative Agreement to the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on January 16, 2025. The purpose of the award is for PID to construct upgrades to the conveyance facility that connects the San Joaquin River to the Delta Mendota Canal, expanding the conveyance capacity from 35 CFS to 195 CFS. The project will increase flexibility in water deliveries and water trading,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded East Valley Water District a $5.91 million Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) on January 15, 2026, to implement the WATER (Widening Availability Through Engineered Resiliency) initiative. The primary deliverable is the construction of new production wells designed to increase drought resiliency and water supply reliability for the district, which serves approximately 103,200...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) a $20,935,318 project grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a stormwater capture project in Los Angeles, consisting of a storm drain diversion, hydrodynamic separator, and subterranean infiltration gallery. This project is expected to add an estimated 136 acre-feet per year to local...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $148,732 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to create a new model for improving water sustainability under extreme droughts. The project will quantify the drought-water security relationship and apply the approach to improve decision-making using seasonal forecasts and stakeholder information. The model results will be distributed to user groups currently coping...