Project Grant R17AP00144

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services (WCFS) program (CFDA 15.530) provides $102,383.00 to the Owyhee Irrigation District to develop the design for converting 5,880 linear feet of open Kingman Lateral canal to a piped canal system. The goal is to save water and eliminate the risk of canal failure, which would increase water availability and reduce risk to people and property in the vicinity. The expected...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Porterville Irrigation District (District) a $923,033 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, the District will construct a surface water distribution system to serve 675 acres in its service area that currently only has access to groundwater. The project includes building a pipeline along Road 196 to connect the Lower Tule River Irrigation District 4...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,344,936 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District (SSJMUD) on June 25, 2025. The grant will fund the construction of the Driver Road Pipeline project in California. Key components include installing PVC pipeline, connecting it to three existing turnouts, and restoring the site. This project will add conveyance capacity to deliver wet year surface water...

This $43,074,644 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on January 16, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), will enable the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) to expand the conveyance capacity of its water infrastructure connecting the San Joaquin River to the Delta-Mendota Canal. The project aims to increase the conveyance capacity from 35 cubic feet per second (CFS) to 195 CFS, which will...

The City of Rialto in California will receive $4,074,990 under a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The funding will equip an existing well and install an ion-exchange treatment system to remove arsenic from 2,750 acre-feet per year of groundwater from the Lytle Creek Basin, a sub-basin of the San Bernardino Basin within the City's water rights. This will provide a safe drinking water supply...

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 Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded Gila River Indian Community $83,160,497.49 under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) through August 2025. The project grant will support the Community in laying over 19 miles of new reclaimed water pipe and creating new pumping stations across Arizona. Specific activities to be performed include compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, acquiring and delivering...

This 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) grant program (CFDA 15.507), provides $894,676 to the Cameron County Irrigation District #2 in Texas. The funding will be used to convert 4,713 linear feet of unlined open canal in a segment of Lateral C-2 to a buried polyvinyl chloride pipeline. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 280 acre-feet that is...

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) received a $32,942,618 Project Grant award 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 an intertie at the existing Foothill Pump Station along the Rialto Pipeline in East Highland, California. This project will enable MWD to provide water from the Colorado River Aqueduct and Diamond Valley Lake to...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $485,800 Project Grant to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to implement the GIS Data Acquisition and Leak Mapping Analysis for Improved Water Management Project. This project will field-verify and collect GPS data to correct spatial inaccuracies in WMWD's existing GIS database, improve data workflow, enhance asset management capabilities, and provide data to support...