Project Grant R17AP00118

This $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) provides funding to the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to implement the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP). The key activities include: Establishing a WRMP monitoring site network, 2) Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data, 3) Developing indicators and methods for assessing tidal marsh condition, and 4)...

Under this $649,970 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), the recipient Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) aims to pilot distributed modeling and enhanced snow products at two River Forecast Centers. The project will evaluate and apply distributed modeling techniques coupled with advanced snow data to enhance river flow forecasting capabilities at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center...

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,...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) provides $393,724 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to conduct a series of surveys in the San Acacia reach of the Middle Rio Grande. The objective is to measure the flux of drainage groundwater entering the surface-water system, partition the groundwater discharge into its different sources, and provide aquifer flux-boundary...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,003,256.99 Cooperative Agreement to Applied Research Team Inc. on January 4, 2024 under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078). This project aims to demonstrate how the combination of weather radar data and ground-based monitoring can effectively measure snow water equivalent (SWE) at high resolution. The project will focus on multiple headwater watersheds in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Rio Grande River Basin, utilizing both...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $649,832 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), a non-profit research organization. The funding supports a pilot program to evaluate and apply distributed modeling coupled with enhanced snow products at two operational River Forecast Centers. The project aims to take advantage of advancements in distributed modeling and modeling frameworks to improve water...

The Rancho California Water District was awarded a $184,671 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services program to conduct a Satellite Based Leak Detection Demonstration Project. The goals of the project are to use new satellite-based technology to more efficiently locate and repair leaks in Rancho Water's delivery system, reducing system water loss, and to demonstrate this technology to other water agencies throughout the...

This $403,680 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to improve streamflow monitoring and forecasting methods. The University of Iowa will enhance protocols for continuously monitoring streamflows to more accurately capture effects of flood wave propagation and seasonal riparian vegetation changes. Researchers will integrate direct measurements with numerical models to enable real-time estimation and forecasting of streamflow...

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 $550,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant supports the development of a new monitoring system designed to more accurately measure streamflow in rivers and streams. The project aims to address the limitations of current monitoring methods by using advanced instruments and modern communication technology to enhance understanding of river systems and provide more...