Project Grant DESC0023923

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $248,395 to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division to develop a robust and efficient power conversion system and intelligent power management control for USGS water monitoring stations. The project aims to address challenges faced by USGS monitoring stations, which operate on limited power budgets and can...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $199,283 Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) under the federal Water Use and Data Research program (CFDA 15.981). The 2-year project aims to: 1) Improve the quality control of existing water use data in WDNR's database by automating data validation checks; 2) Implement new quality control processes to validate water use data as it is entered into the state database annually; 3) Add historical water withdrawal...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will receive $200,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management to enhance waterway and wetland regulatory data management capabilities. Funded activities under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) include creating a waterway and wetland regulatory database, and increasing integration between the database and the agency's water...

This $297,393 Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) Grant Program award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (CFDA 66.608) to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) aims to enhance environmental data management and access. Key activities include: Improving the storage and management of monitoring location metadata in the Assessment and Watershed Quality Management System (AWQMS); expanding web services and search capabilities in AWQMS to enhance data access; creating...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support a collaborative research project at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside). The project aims to develop a user-interactive approach to water management for sustainable data centers. Key objectives include: Designing a fair and accurate water accounting system to track water footprints at both the user and facility levels....

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy was awarded a $672,500 project grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to collaborate with the Western States Water Council (WSWC) and develop an interoperable water data hub for the western United States. The project aims to leverage the technologies of the Internet of Water Coalition to provide stakeholders with standardized access to integrated water data, supporting the Bureau of...

This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will support the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment's Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in enhancing its water quality data management capabilities. The key activities include: 1) Integrating customized, non-predetermined information into the Water Quality Assessment and Reporting Tool (WQARV2); 2)...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $875,000 Project Grant on April 22, 2024 to the El Dorado County Water Agency under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). This funding will support the development of a permanent Wireless Sensor Network in the American River Basin to improve the reliability, timeliness, and accuracy of snowpack and runoff forecasting. The project partners with the University of California Merced, UC Davis, UC Agricultural and Natural Resources,...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,094,619 Cooperative Agreement to the Desert Research Institute (DRI) at the Nevada System of Higher Education under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078). The project aims to enhance water supply forecasting in the western U.S. by deploying a novel non-contact infrared snow temperature profiler (STP) to measure vertical snow temperature profiles during federal snow survey operations. This data will be used to validate and improve...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to develop a cost-effective design for installing and operating an Archimedes hydrodynamic turbine in existing low-head irrigation infrastructure. The $243,540 award to Drops For Watts, Nonprofit Inc. will fund the completion of a first demonstration site to transport water through an...