Cooperative Agreement R21AC10334

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $204,479 Project Grant to the SW KS Ground Water Management District 3 under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the Water Use and Climate Evaluation Service to Irrigators for Drought Resiliency in Southwest Kansas through December 31, 2023. This service will provide tools and information to help agricultural producers in southwest Kansas plan for and cope with drought...

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 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $4,384,344 project grant to the Pixley Irrigation District in California to construct 5.5 miles of new canals as part of the Lateral 4 Expansion Project. This infrastructure project will allow the district to recharge groundwater and deliver surface water, reducing reliance on overdrafted groundwater in the region. The project is expected to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $20,935,318 Project Grant to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a stormwater capture project that includes 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 groundwater...

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 Merced Irrigation District in Merced County, California will receive $3,289,755 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 drought monitoring and water management models and equipment. Specifically, the District will enhance real-time operational modeling to track water supply conditions, install water measurement monitoring equipment to accurately track supply and snow/snow...

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...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,437,963.60 Project Grant to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant funding will support TWDB's efforts to adapt forecast tools and develop decision support systems to facilitate the adoption of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) strategies in multi-purpose reservoirs across Texas. This project aims to enable reservoir operators to leverage FIRO to...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Semitropic Water Storage District Irrigation Water System Financing Corporation a $3 million Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program. The grant will fund construction of a subsurface recharge facility including an earthen reservoir, filtration system, metered connection to record water deliveries, buried infiltration gallery of perforated and solid pipelines, and a dedicated monitoring system. The project aims to increase...