Project Grant R17AP00205

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA) a $195,757 Project Grant (Award ID: R25AP00224) to upgrade 49 manually read propeller meters with electromagnetic meters and remote read technology on high-production groundwater wells. The project aims to provide PVWMA's water system operators with real-time data on...

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...

The Agassiz Water Users District was awarded a $206,210.67 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) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the addition of 425 new residential Automatic Meter Read (AMR) systems, including AMR-compatible meters and smartpoint heads, within the AWUD service area. The AMR system will provide real-time water usage data to AWUD staff,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $248,622 Project Grant to the Mayer Domestic Water Improvement District under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The purpose of the grant is to replace 621 outdated, manual-read water meters with new radio-read meters, convert additional manual-read meters to radio read technology, and integrate the new metering system with the District's billing software. This project...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $160,771 Cooperative Agreement on May 3, 2024 to the City of Caliente, Nevada under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The project aims to address inefficiencies, privacy, and safety concerns related to Caliente's electric meters by replacing old technology with advanced metering infrastructure. This will enable automatic meter information access and uploads for both the utility and its...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $196,926 project grant to the Dolores Water Conservancy District through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program. The grant will fund upgrades to electromagnetic water measurement meters to improve measurement accuracy and enable real-time water management of surface water deliveries. Electromagnetic meters will provide more precise measurement of water deliveries, allow for...

The Joshua Valley Utility Company, located in Meadview, Arizona, received a $200,432 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507) to upgrade 400 manual read residential and commercial water meters with advanced metering technology. This project aims to enhance the utility's operational efficiency, improve leak detection, reduce water losses, provide accurate and...

The City of Edinburg, Texas will replace 500 residential water meters with smart meters through a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART program. The smart meters will help conserve water usage and prevent loss by allowing the city to better track and manage daily water consumption. This supports Edinburg's 2021 capital improvement plan to further water conservation and infrastructure upgrades. The grant-funded project aligns...

The Moapa Valley Water District received a $213,351 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on June 20, 2023. This grant will fund the District's project to upgrade 400 old and malfunctioning water meters with new Badger Meter 5/8" positive displacement disc meters and Orion cellular LTE-M data endpoints. The project also includes replacing 64 existing meter...

The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency was awarded an $8,428,289 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA #15.507) to replace or upgrade 32,163 existing water meters with advanced metering infrastructure capable meters. By connecting the new meters to a customer engagement portal, the agency expects to conserve 2,946 acre-feet of water annually through reduced consumption. Water...