Cooperative Agreement R19AC00075

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $351,057 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program to The Watershed Management Group, Inc. (WMG) to collaborate with Sky Island Alliance to develop a strategic plan enhancing groundwater recharge opportunities in the Lower Santa Cruz Watershed in Pima County, Arizona. The project partners will utilize stakeholder expertise to identify priority sites to mitigate flood...

The University of Arizona, through a $996,526.93 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078), will use a 40-year snowpack dataset and newly developed regression modeling and machine learning techniques to enhance water supply forecasts across the Colorado River Basin. Specifically, the project will incorporate improved snowpack data and model optimizations into the National Resources Conservation Networks'...

This $430,230 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a 3-year research project at the University of Arizona to develop the next generation of U.S. water accounting and natural capital accounting methods. The key products and services to be delivered include: Spatially disaggregating USGS water use datasets from 2000-2015 into a high-resolution 30-meter raster data product...

The City of Prescott was awarded a $101,348 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) to develop a long-term water management plan for the city. The purpose of the project is for the City of Prescott to create a comprehensive water management plan that addresses the city's aging infrastructure, population growth, ongoing drought, and emerging challenges like per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $287,478 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Aravaipa Watershed Conservation Alliance in Willcox, Arizona. This 3-year grant, awarded on September 16, 2024, will fund the Alliance's efforts to complete group development, update their existing watershed restoration plan, and design conservation projects that address critical issues of erosion control, water conservation, and riparian area protection in the...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $713,795 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to develop advanced water quality and hydrodynamic modeling capabilities in the Lower Colorado River Basin. The project will use a "backcasting" approach to create challenge tests that rigorously define scenarios likely to cause problems for water managers and water supplies. Extensive modeling will be conducted to uncover the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (CFDA 15.820 - National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers) provides $495,584 to the University of Arizona to cultivate water resilience with indigenous peoples in arid lands of the U.S. Southwest. The project will: 1) Conduct a water quality assessment in the Sanders, AZ area, engaging community members to collect and interpret data, and evaluate barriers to water accessibility and affordability, and 2) Facilitate a...

This $1,143,430 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) is developing a National Integrated Watershed Evaluation Framework to improve water resource management across the United States. The University of Arizona is the prime awardee, with no planned sub-awards. The framework will integrate diverse hydrologic datasets, from ground-based observations to remote sensing, to provide a...

The University of Arizona, as the prime recipient of Cooperative Agreement G24AC00080 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will execute a $349,400 research project titled "Atmospheric Rivers and Downslope Winds as Tollgates of Aridification in the Southwest: Impacts on Water Resources and Wildfire Management." The project aims to assess the long-term impacts of climate change on precipitation patterns,...

The City of Phoenix Water Services Department received a $1,320,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530). The grant will support the development of a regional advanced purified water (APW) solution for the Phoenix metropolitan area. Key objectives include assembling a mobile demonstration pilot to educate the public on the benefits of APW, and implementing non-potable reuse and...