Project Grant R06AP35187

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $6,000,000 Project Grant under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). The grant funding will support activities including the review of remedial investigation and feasibility studies, proposed plans, and records of decision at Superfund sites in the San Gabriel Valley, California, where the EPA...

The Rancho California Water District will develop a strategic plan for advanced wellhead treatment facilities to mitigate emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the groundwater of southwestern Riverside County, California. Funded by a $800,088 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), this 3-year effort will protect a critical...

The Goleta Water District, a U.S. local government entity serving the Goleta Valley region in California, received a $6,291,307 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant funding will enable the District to design and construct advanced groundwater treatment systems at its Airport Well to remove contaminants such as 1,4-dioxane and PFAS. This will restore the well's capacity to...

This $499,988 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) seeks to develop and validate an integrated sorption-photocatalytic process for the ex-situ treatment and remediation of groundwater contaminated by mixtures of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and chlorinated solvents like trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE). The principal investigator and research team at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $975,000 in funding to the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) for the Canyon Lake Water Treatment Plant (CLWTP) Improvement Project. The project involves installing treatment upgrades at the CLWTP to allow for the reoperation of the facility, which was shut down in 2020 due to elevated PFAS levels. Key activities include...

The Rancho California Water District was awarded a $43,900,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects program (CFDA 15.074). The grant will fund the Pauba Valley Groundwater Banking Project, which aims to leverage the district's 100,000 acre-feet of unused groundwater storage capacity to enhance long-term water supply reliability for the Lower Colorado River Basin. The key components of the...

The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (the District) received a $208,915.20 Project Grant award 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 grant funding will support the District's efforts to provide residential customers with incentives to remove turf grass and replace it with water-efficient landscaping and drought-tolerant plants. This project aims to...

This Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $1,500,000.00 in federal funding to the Citrus Heights Water District to construct a new aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) well on Highland Avenue in Citrus Heights, CA. The project will allow surface water to be pumped into groundwater supplies for storage, providing an additional, reliable water supply source to enhance redundancy and help...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $2,500,000 in full federal funding to the City of Pico Rivera, California to install 3 units of aqueous phase adsorption systems designed to remove perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from the city's potable water supply. The project activities include the design, construction, construction...

The San Benito County Water District (SBCWD) is implementing the Accelerated Drought Response Project (ADROP), the first phase of the North San Benito Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project, under a $51,195,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (USBR) Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects program (CFDA 15.074). ADROP will provide for the injection and storage of up to 2,700 acre-feet per year (AFY) of treated Central Valley Project water during wet...