Project Grant R15AP00194

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $77 million cooperative agreement to the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority on September 22, 2021 to support the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Finished Water One Conveyance Pipeline Phase. The cooperative agreement will provide funding through September 30, 2026 under the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System program (CFDA #15.553) to deliver potable surface water to communities in Eastern New Mexico. Specifically,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $656,000 Project Grant to Enchanted Forest Water Corp under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (ECWAG) program (CFDA 10.763). The grant, awarded on February 6, 2025, supports comprehensive water system improvements for the Alto, NM community over a two-year performance period, with a target completion date of February 6, 2027. The funding will enable Enchanted Forest Water Corp, a local government water utility...

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (DISTRICT) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was awarded a $7,844,510.25 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a pump station at the Feeder No.3 Canal to enhance irrigation efficiency and water supply reliability in the West-Side Belen Division. The project aims to leverage drain return flows and river...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,132,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant to Canada De LOS Alamos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers And Mutual Sewage Works Association on May 12, 2022 to provide emergency community water assistance through May 12, 2024. The funding will support the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program, which provides funds to rural communities experiencing a significant decline in water quantity or quality due to an...

The Dona Ana Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association, doing business as Dona Ana Waters, has been awarded a $1,401,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant will fund the delivery of water and waste disposal services to financially distressed areas of Dona Ana County, New Mexico over a 2-year period ending August 2025. The program aims to ensure reasonable user...

This $249,743 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) will enable the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, doing business as the Interstate Stream Commission, to develop a web-based analytical interface for streamlining water rights administration in New Mexico. The key activities under this grant include: 1) collecting and analyzing data on mapped aquifers, surface water networks, and...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5.54 million Project Grant to the Anthony Water And Sanitation District on June 30, 2022 under the Water and Waste Grants and Loans and Loan Guarantees (Section 306C) program. The funding will support providing water and waste disposal facilities and services through June 30, 2022 to low-income rural communities in New Mexico facing significant health risks, as outlined under the CFDA 10.770 program. Specifically, the Anthony Water...

The City of Easton, Minnesota was awarded a $1.666 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on November 15, 2021. The grant funding will support water infrastructure projects under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA #10.760) through November 15, 2023. This federal program aims to provide loan and grant assistance for water and waste projects serving financially needy rural communities, with the goal of ensuring...

The New Mexico Acequia Association (NMAA) was awarded a $2,795,519 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on January 17, 2024. Through this funding, NMAA will partner with the Farmers Mutual Community to develop water budget modeling tools and online decision support systems focused on the Northern Rio Grande and San Juan Basins in New Mexico. The tools will facilitate the creation and implementation of flexible water...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded East Chickasaw Water Association, Incorporated $196,000 under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities federal grant program (CFDA 10.760) for the period of January 26, 2022 through January 26, 2024. The funding will support the PERSISTENT POVERTY (GRANT ONLY) W & W- WATER ONLY project to provide water services in Okolona, Mississippi. The Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program aims to...