Cooperative Agreement R22AC00674

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $10,000,000 Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) Project Grant to the City of Gallup, New Mexico. The grant will fund the design, engineering, and construction of a new potable water well to offset a 5-7 year delay in completing the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The City of Gallup's groundwater levels have dropped approximately 725 feet over the past 40 years, and the existing water supply is...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,132,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant to Canada De LOS Alamos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers And Mutual Sewage Works Association on May 12, 2022 to provide emergency community water assistance through May 12, 2024. The funding will support the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program, which provides funds to rural communities experiencing a significant decline in water quantity or quality due to an...

The City of Gallup Water & Sanitation Department in McKinley County, New Mexico will receive a $4 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a new water production well and improve water infrastructure as part of the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project. Specifically, the City of Gallup will construct a new water well estimated to provide approximately 2,170...

The El Paso Water Utilities will use an $83.5 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs to construct an Advanced Water Purification Facility. The key benefit of this project is that it will increase drought resiliency for the El Paso community by introducing a purified water supply as a new, sustainable source to diversify the local water portfolio. Purified water provides a drought-proof supply that...

The Enchanted Forest Water Corp, a U.S. local government and municipal entity, was awarded a $656,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (CFDA 10.763) program. The grant, awarded on February 6, 2025, supports infrastructure improvements to obtain, treat, distribute, and store potable water that meets federal standards for the Alto, NM community. Working with the New Mexico Finance Authority as a prime...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) will provide $65,000,000 to the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, doing business as the Interstate Stream Commission, to investigate, develop, protect, and conserve water resources in New Mexico. The award will enhance the Rio Grande Project and Middle Rio Grande Project to ensure continued access to water for...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $60,661,618 Cooperative Agreement under the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System program (CFDA 15.516) to the Dry Prairie Rural Water Authority, a U.S. local government entity in Montana. The agreement provides funding for the design and construction of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Supply System. The activities completed under this grant will assist citizens in Roosevelt, Sheridan, Daniels, and Valley Counties outside the Fort...

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District in New Mexico was awarded a $7,844,510.25 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a pump station at the Feeder No.3 Canal to promote irrigation efficiency in the West-Side Belen Division. This project aims to address upstream operating constraints and drought impacts that have hindered the District's...

The New Mexico Acequia Association (NMAA) was awarded a $2,795,519 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on January 17, 2024. Through this funding, NMAA will partner with the Farmers Mutual Community to develop water budget modeling tools and online decision support systems focused on the Northern Rio Grande and San Juan Basins in New Mexico. The tools will facilitate the creation and implementation of flexible water...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $9,594,200 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Arizona Water Company (AWC) to address drinking water contamination issues in the Stanfield, Arizona community. AWC will use state-of-the-art treatment systems to treat up to 500 gallons per minute of groundwater contaminated with high levels of nitrate and arsenic, which have exceeded the maximum contaminant limit and...