Cooperative Agreement R18AC00082

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $545,605 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) to enhance water supply reliability at the Nacimiento and San Antonio Dams and Reservoirs in California. The grant funding will enable MCWRA to leverage improvements in reservoir modeling and forecasting technology to develop tools and procedures that optimize operational decision-making for managing winter inflows and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Water Storage Enhancement program (CFDA 15.574) to the Sites Project Authority on September 12, 2023. The purpose of the award is to fund activities to advance the development of the proposed Sites Reservoir project in California. Key products and services to be delivered include engineering design and conveyance design, geological and geotechnical studies, environmental planning and...

This $1,437,963.60 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), will enable the Texas Water Development Board to adapt forecast tools and develop decision support systems to facilitate the adoption of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) strategies across multi-purpose reservoirs in Texas. The project aims to increase water supply reliability and drought...

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $15,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program. The 5-year pilot project aims to identify viable solutions for enabling the nation's canals (federal, state, and irrigation water districts) to serve a dual purpose of traditional water conveyance and renewable energy generation. The project will explore the installation of solar panels over canals to...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557), provides $533,315 to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to develop a reservoir storage forecasting system for the Nueces River Basin in Texas. The project aims to integrate hydrologic modeling, satellite remote sensing, weather forecasting, and climate change projections to create probabilistic forecasts of reservoir storage levels over...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $154,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) on January 13, 2025 under the Colorado River System Conservation Pilot Program (CFDA 15.567). The purpose of this award is to support the design and construction of the Salt River Project-Central Arizona Project (SRP-CAP) Interconnection Facility. This facility will improve regional water system redundancy and flexibility, allowing the movement and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,084,852 grant to the Enterprize Canal Company, Ltd. under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). Through this Project Grant, the Enterprize Canal Company will convert 3,613 linear feet of two 63-inch pipes along a historical canal alignment and install solar-powered automated headgates and measurement devices. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 7,721 acre-feet by reducing...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,335,961 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to construct a water storage and delivery system in Portola Redwoods State Park, California. The project aims to improve water supply reliability for park visitors while decreasing summer diversions from Peters Creek, which will benefit endangered coho salmon and steelhead populations. Specifically, the grant will fund the...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement (YRBWE) program (CFDA 15.531) to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District (SVID) to construct a 500-600 acre-foot reservoir along the Sunnyside Canal in Washington. The project involves developing an earth embankment reservoir with an automated pump station, controls, and infrastructure to improve water management and supplement instream flows for anadromous fish. Key project...

The Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (the District) was awarded a $4,160,421 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The funding will be used to construct two drought recovery wells and develop a conjunctive use modeling tool to improve management of the District's water supplies through informed operational decision-making. This will increase operational flexibilities and...