Project Grant 97311601

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $211,051 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the La Feria Irrigation District #3 in Cameron County, Texas. The grant funds the installation of a solar-powered Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) telemetry system at 10 spillway sites to monitor water flow, manage discharges, and reduce water lost to operational spills. This technology...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $224,135 project grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County in California. The grant will fund the installation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems at three potable water pump stations operated by the district. This will involve installing programmable logic controllers to collect real-time data,...

This Project Grant award for $500,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) in developing a real-time forecasting system to predict drinking water quality in three Appalachian reservoirs. The project, titled "RAISE: Building Resilience to Earth System Hazards: Forecasting Drinking Water Quality with Real-Time Integrated Catchment Modeling", will use simulations of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the El Paso County Water Control and Improvement District #4 under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on August 13, 2025. The grant will support the district's upgrade of 360 municipal water meters to be compatible with advanced metering infrastructure technology. This project is the second phase of the district's meter modernization effort and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), will fund the installation of a manganese dioxide filtration system with pre-oxidation at Pump Station 345-1 in Fresno, California. The $1,468,904 award, with a performance period from January 17, 2025 to December 30, 2027, will allow the City of Fresno to remove elevated levels of iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide from...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $195,757 Project Grant to the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA) under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the upgrade of 49 manually read propeller meters with electromagnetic meters and remote read technology on high-production groundwater wells operated by PVWMA. This project aims to provide real-time data on groundwater use to PVWMA's...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $13,890,000 WaterSMART program Project Grant (CFDA 15.507) to the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board. The grant will fund the replacement of 60,000 existing manual water meters with advanced metering infrastructure smart meters for residential and business customers, as well as the implementation of a customer portal for real-time water usage tracking. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,224,295 project grant to the Desert Water Agency, a local government entity in southern California. This grant, funded through the Bureau's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support the final phase of the agency's Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation project. Specifically, the grant will enable the Desert Water Agency to equip the remaining 205 meters...

The City of Stockton, California will design a groundwater recharge improvement project adjacent to the Delta Water Treatment Plant, funded by a $1,397,655 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). The project will involve constructing three recharge ponds, connections and conveyance systems, and monitoring systems including wells and surface water gages. This...

The City of Highland, Utah will install 4,253 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and retrofit 250 existing meters with AMI capabilities under a $8.415 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. The grant funding supports the City's project to implement AMI on unmetered pressurized irrigation connections and existing meters for residential, commercial, and institutional customers. The project aims to save an estimated 2,100 acre-feet of water...