The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $9,995,000 Project Grant to the Web Water Development Association, Inc. (WEB) of South Dakota. The grant funding will support WEB's construction of water infrastructure improvements to reliably provide quality drinking water to the city of Waubay and 92 rural residences in Day County, South Dakota. Specifically, the project will involve building two booster stations and...
The MNI Waste Water Company (MWWC), a Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe tribal water company in South Dakota, will construct water distribution pipelines and residential connections to provide clean drinking water to 37 homes northwest of Eagle Butte using a $2,817,400 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). This grant, awarded on January 17, 2025, will fund the necessary infrastructure to serve...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $238,442 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) to the Pueblo de San Ildefonso in New Mexico. The purpose of this grant is to retrofit an existing water intake system to deliver irrigation water from the Rio Grande to the Pueblo's westside farmlands. The project will involve installing a new 16-inch pipe with a screened intake, a new buried tank, a new pump in the existing pump house,...
The Bureau of Reclamation, under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $81,964,003 Project Grant to the Shell Valley Watershed Improvement District in Greybull, WY. The grant, awarded on Feb 13, 2025, supports the LEAVITT RESERVOIR EXPANSION project, which aims to enhance water supply reliability, improve water management, and mitigate drought impacts in the region. The project will be completed by Jul 31, 2027. The Reclamation States Emergency...
The Pondera County Canal and Reservoir Company in northern Montana was awarded a $496,755 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) on August 30, 2023. This funding will enable the company to install a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and flow measurement weirs at two canal headworks locations. It will also automate three gates at the...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,394,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The funding will support critical water infrastructure development and improvement in the rural town of Drummond, Montana. Specifically, the grant will finance projects related to drinking water systems, wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste management systems, and stormwater...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $3,936,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The award was granted to the Why Domestic Water Improvement District, a U.S. local government entity in Arizona, to fund the construction, upgrade, and improvement of water treatment facilities, distribution systems, and waste disposal infrastructure in financially...
This federal Project Grant award of $395,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The funding will support the development and improvement of drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, and stormwater infrastructure projects in Wheatland County, Montana. Common assistance activities under this program include water distribution system upgrades, wastewater treatment plant...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $249,556.34 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Gallatin River Task Force in Big Sky, MT. The funding will be used to enhance the existing outdoor rebates program to encourage water-wise landscaping and turf removal in the region. Key initiatives include increasing rebate amounts, providing one-on-one assistance through site visits and...
This federal Project Grant award of $489,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant funding will support critical water infrastructure development and improvement projects for the Aurora-Brule Rural Water System Inc., a not-for-profit organization based in Kimball, South Dakota. The grant has a performance period of two years, starting on February 5, 2025 and...