Cooperative Agreement R18AC00083

The Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association (UVWUA) will develop a new drought contingency plan and implement drought response projects through a $439,438 cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program. The UVWUA operates the Gunnison Tunnel Project, which delivers over 500,000 acre-feet of irrigation water annually to agricultural users and 9,000 acre-feet to municipalities. The new plan will evaluate approaches for...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $875,000 Project Grant on April 22, 2024 to the El Dorado County Water Agency under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). This funding will support the development of a permanent Wireless Sensor Network in the American River Basin to improve the reliability, timeliness, and accuracy of snowpack and runoff forecasting. The project partners with the University of California Merced, UC Davis, UC Agricultural and Natural Resources,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Porterville Irrigation District (District) a $923,033 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, the District will construct a surface water distribution system to serve 675 acres in its service area that currently only has access to groundwater. The project includes building a pipeline along Road 196 to connect the Lower Tule River Irrigation District 4...

The Carmichael Water District was awarded a $4.5 million project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund construction of a new Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well to enhance the District's conjunctive use program and build long-term drought resiliency. The ASR well is expected to provide an average annual benefit of 605 acre-feet of additional groundwater recharge and...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $171,725 Project Grant under the Colorado River Basin Act of 1968 (CFDA 15.541) to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI). The grant supports DRI's efforts to provide accurate and timely estimates of consumptive water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Key objectives include maintaining weather stations, conducting remote sensing studies, developing enhanced methodologies and models for estimating water consumption,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,531,848 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to The California Land Stewardship Institute, in partnership with the City of Ukiah Water Department in Mendocino County, California. The grant will fund the expansion of a surface water-groundwater model for the Ukiah Valley Basin to simulate drought conditions and management actions, creating a decision support tool to...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $998,270 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Providence City Corp in Utah. The funding will support the exploration and design of two new culinary water wells, including well houses, piping, equipment, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. This project aims to address water supply deficiencies created by frequent drought conditions in northern Utah and increase the reliability and...

The Rancho California Water District will develop a strategic plan for advanced wellhead treatment facilities to mitigate emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the groundwater of southwestern Riverside County, California. Funded by a $800,088 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) program (CFDA 15.507), this 3-year effort will protect a critical...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,155,168 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Trabuco Canyon Water District in California. This grant will fund the Dove and Tick Creek Pump Station Improvements Drought Resiliency Project, which aims to upgrade the district's pump stations to increase the capture of dry weather runoff and stormwater. The project will produce 200 acre-feet per year of new...

The Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District (SSJMUD) will receive $6,107,566 under a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to improve water supply resilience. SSJMUD will enhance existing conveyance facilities, construct 75 acres of recharge ponds to increase groundwater recharge capacity by an average of 6,120 acre-feet annually, and connect a recovery well to its conveyance system. The...