Project Grant CLSS00000062151

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $575,089.48 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to Natural Ocean Well CO. on March 19, 2024. The project proposes to install and evaluate a submerged water filtration system in the Las Virgenes Reservoir. Submerged water filtration is an unconventional approach that can reduce energy requirements by leveraging natural hydrostatic pressure, while also protecting the system from atmospheric climate...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research and development of a digital platform utilizing distributed ledger technology to improve water rights management and enable water markets in the Western United States. Awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, the grant recipient Wetx Inc. will develop a unique combination of distributed ledger tokenization and decentralized distributed file storage to digitally represent water rights and...

The Western States Water Council (WSWC) was awarded a $914,401 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to develop a web-based water conservation tool. This tool will integrate the WESTDAAT system with the OPENET platform to streamline applications for voluntary, compensated water conservation measures across the western United States. The project aims to address data gaps that have hindered effective water conservation and marketing...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $485,800 Project Grant to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to implement the GIS Data Acquisition and Leak Mapping Analysis for Improved Water Management Project. This project will field-verify and collect GPS data to correct spatial inaccuracies in WMWD's existing GIS database, improve data workflow, enhance asset management capabilities, and provide data to support...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $600,493.97 Cooperative Agreement to Pure Blue TECH Inc., doing business as Pure Blue, under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The funding supports the manufacturing and field piloting of novel anti-fouling nanopatterned ultrasonic reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements for efficient, high-recovery desalination of brackish water and purification of surface water. The key innovation is the...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $638,558 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), in coordination with the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD). The purpose of this 26-month award, with a completion date of June 30, 2027, is to develop an isotope-based tracer tool to examine blending ratios, water travel times, and impacts of recycled stormwater within TRWD's tap water distribution system. This model will be...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504), awarded a $2,258,444 Project Grant to the Rancho California Water District in California. The grant will fund the development of a feasibility study to optimize the district's existing water treatment, storage, and distribution infrastructure. Key objectives include identifying opportunities to maximize the use of recycled water, support economic development through a sustainable water...

This $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) will enable the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) to develop a Murrieta System Optimization Review (SOR). The SOR will assess the reliability of WMWD's water supply sources, including imported water and local groundwater, evaluate water quality parameters, and identify potential improvements to the water...

This $1,800,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research led by the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to analyze the role of decentralized investment partnerships in developing aquifer storage infrastructure that promotes economic productivity, environmental benefits, and equitable access to safe drinking water. The research will integrate political and institutional feedback into simulation models to inform...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to the Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) of Riverside County, California. The grant will support a comprehensive water reuse feasibility study aimed at bolstering local groundwater supplies and fortifying regional water supply reliability in the drought-prone Southern California region. The study will take a holistic approach to examining the water reuse...