Project Grant 22DG11030000003

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded the Firebaugh Canal Water District in San Joaquin County, California a $3,786,000 Project Grant on January 15, 2025. The grant will fund the concreting of 2.08 miles of the 3rd Lift Canal and the construction of a 60-acre-foot midchannel storage reservoir adjacent to the lined section. This project is expected to...

The Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) awarded $2.24M to the Walker River Paiute Tribe under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) on July 28, 2025, for a domestic water supply infrastructure project on the Walker River Paiute Reservation in Nevada. The primary deliverable is the construction and installation of a 410,000-gallon water storage tank and an accompanying distribution piping system with hydrants designed to provide reliable water access to the reservation...

Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Rancho California Water District $191,826 under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) on September 12, 2025, to implement the Optimizing Hydrant Efficiency for Water Conservation and Safety Project. The grant funds the installation of 40 advanced stainless steel check valves beneath high-risk fire hydrants throughout the district's service area in southwestern Riverside County, California. This infrastructure improvement...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded $666,026 to the Mojave Water Agency Public Facilities Corporation on January 8, 2026, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to complete the design phase of a new permanent water turnout infrastructure project. The primary deliverable is the engineering design for a new permanent turnout structure that will convey State Water Project (SWP) water from the California Aqueduct to the Oeste Recharge...

This $108,350 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on August 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) program. The funding supports the Ventura County Fire Protection District, doing business as the Ventura County Fire Department, in conducting fuel treatments and hazardous vegetation reduction within the Ojai Community Defense Zones in California. The project aims to protect, restore, and enhance...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $3,209,010 Project Grant to The Watershed Research And Training Center (Watershed Center), a non-profit organization, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CFDA 10.720) program. The grant supports the "MIDDLE TRINITY COMMUNITY PROTECTION PROJECT" with a performance period from Jun 7, 2024 to May 31, 2029. Through this grant, Watershed Center will develop and implement...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region awarded $7.37 million through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to the Lake County Resource Conservation District on August 15, 2025. The project, "Fire in Hand, Healing Lands," will implement fuel reduction and fire prevention activities across Lake County, California through December 31, 2029, with a primary focus on prescribed burning and...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through its Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530), awarded a $101,348 project grant to the City of Prescott, Arizona to develop a long-term water management plan. The plan will address the city's aging infrastructure, population growth, ongoing drought, and presence of "forever chemicals" in the water supply. Key activities include pre-planning work, the planning process, evaluating water management options, and completing a draft and...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded $215,000 under the Applied Science Grants program to develop an interactive web-based tool for efficient wildfire hydrologic simulation. Texas A&M University at Kingsville will partner with various state and federal entities to integrate remotely sensed data into a hydrologic model and equip watershed managers with a user-friendly workflow to quickly post-process variables associated with fire and drought. This will allow for...

The Calaveras County Water District was awarded a $393,100 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) program. The funding will support fuel reduction activities through 2028 to mitigate wildfire risk in California. As a sub-recipient, the Calaveras County Water District has also received disaster relief funding from the California Office of Emergency Services for debris removal,...