Project Grant GA16235

The Sutter Mutual Water Company will implement a series of upgrades to its water distribution system under a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. Funded through September 2025, the project aims to install automated gates and variable speed drives on motors to better control water flow and delivery. A new supervisory control and data acquisition system will also allow centralized monitoring and controls. These system improvements...

The City of Soledad received a $2.8M 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), awarded on September 10, 2025. The funding supports the upgrade and replacement of approximately 3,500 existing non-Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters with ultrasonic flowmeters equipped with AMI cellular technology (smart meters) and implementation of a new...

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...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County a Project Grant of $224,135 under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on July 22, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. The District will install Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems at three potable water pump stations in Riverside, California, including programmable logic controllers to collect...

This $200,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program will enhance Florida Department of Environmental Protection's data management capabilities for drinking water programs. The department will upgrade its Federal State Drinking Water Information System database and Compliance Monitoring Data Portal to streamline and modernize water quality data reporting for greater program effectiveness and compliance. Anticipated...

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...

The City of Palo Alto was awarded a $58,196,269 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The purpose of the award is to construct an Advanced Water Purification System (AWPS) at the city's Regional Water Quality Control Plant. The AWPS will use membrane filtration and reverse osmosis to reduce total dissolved solids in the recycled water from 770-1,100 mg/L to 400-500...

The Agassiz Water Users District (AWUD) was awarded a $206,210.67 Project Grant by 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 grant funding will support the installation of 425 new residential Automatic Meter Read (AMR) systems, including AMR-compatible meters and smart point heads, within the AWUD service area. This AMR infrastructure will enable real-time monitoring and data...

The Town of Campbell received an $8.54 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760) on June 30, 2025. This award supports comprehensive water infrastructure development and improvements serving the rural community of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027. The project aligns with the program's core mission of providing financial...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $950,000 Project Grant to the Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA). The grant will fund the design and upgrade of the Santa Rita Springs facility to enhance and protect water production from this critical natural resource. The project aims to maximize spring discharge by adding a cutoff wall, collection system, associated...