Project Grant FG5209NA29619

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Nye County Water District (NCWD) in Nevada. The grant supports NCWD's efforts, with assistance from partner organizations, to incorporate new hydrologic data into the Pahrump Valley Basin groundwater model and develop a predictive model. The goals are to improve groundwater management and forecasting capabilities within the Pahrump Valley to address water resource...

The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources received a $305,854 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Dam Safety Program (CFDA 97.041). This three-year grant, awarded on August 6, 2024, will support activities to improve the safety of dams in Nevada, including conducting dam inspections, developing emergency action plans, providing technical assistance, and implementing critical infrastructure...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Nye County Water District received a $602,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on December 16, 2025. The award funds the completion of design work for three rapid infiltration basins in Pahrump, Nevada, to address critical water management challenges in the region. These engineered systems will serve dual purposes: controlling monsoonal stormwater...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $211,194 to the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, under the Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE, CFDA 97.023). This project grant funds state-level technical assistance delivered to Nevada communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) provides $300,000 to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to enhance the state's water quality database and data management capabilities. The key activities under this 3-year award include: 1) expanding NDEP's water quality database to include a broader set of biological and physical habitat data, 2) mapping the state's data...

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG), operating through the University of Nevada, Reno's Sponsored Projects Division, received a $890,344.57 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports three priority initiatives focused on preserving and digitizing Nevada's geoscience resources....

This $351,978 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) will fund a project to generate a comprehensive geospatial database and inventory of mine waste sites in Nevada. The key activities include: Cataloging the locations, waste rock sizes, mineralogy, and geological records for mine waste sites across Nevada, which will be compiled into a detailed geodatabase accompanied by a geospatial analysis report....

This federal Cooperative Agreement award for $1,300,000.00, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805), will fund research and development activities at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) to enhance evapotranspiration (ET) mapping and modeling capabilities for national-scale consumptive water use estimation and reporting. Key activities include: Assessing the integration of new reference ET datasets within the...

The federal Project Grant award of $574,902 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) will support the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute in developing a decision support framework to communicate the risk of significant rain-on-snow runoff events in the Mokelumne River watershed. The project aims to integrate tools that will help optimize water resource management and ensure the safe conveyance and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG), administered through the University of Nevada, Reno's Sponsored Projects Division, a Cooperative Agreement totaling $1,345,520 under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), CFDA 15.810, effective September 18, 2025 through September 17, 2027. The STATEMAP component award will fund comprehensive geologic mapping activities across Nevada, including the...