Project Grant R18AP00158

The Turlock Irrigation District will receive $7.93 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 38-acre regulating reservoir. The reservoir will capture operational spills from water delivery canals during periods of excess supply and return the stored flows to canals during times of water shortages. This project aims to improve water management of 10,000...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $43,074,644 Cooperative Agreement to the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) in Patterson, CA. The purpose of this award is for PID to construct upgrades to the conveyance facility connecting the San Joaquin River to the Delta-Mendota Canal, expanding capacity from 35 CFS to 195 CFS. This project will improve water delivery flexibility, enhance drought resilience, and provide...

This $2,684,222 Project Grant awarded 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 Cawelo Water District in Bakersfield, CA to construct a 33-acre-foot reservoir and a 24-acre recharge facility. These infrastructure improvements will directly help increase access to groundwater supplies, providing an additional 3,466 acre-feet per year, which represents a 6.1% increase in the...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $1,250,000 in full federal funding to the San Juan Water District (SJWD) to implement the Kokila Reservoir Replacement Project. The project activities include constructing a replacement reservoir by taking the existing reservoir offline, draining it, and regrading the site to accommodate a fixed-wall tank. The anticipated...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $15,000,000, 5-year Cooperative Agreement to the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program. The primary purpose of this pilot project is to identify viable solutions to enable federal, state, and irrigation water districts to perform the dual purpose of traditional water conveyance and generation of renewable energy, thereby building resilience to climate change by reducing carbon...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4.9 million cooperative agreement to the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority from March 2021 through February 2026 under the Water Storage Enhancement federal grant program (CFDA 15.574). The funding will support the Delta-Mendota Canal Subsidence Correction Project, which involves designing and studying infrastructure improvements to address subsidence-related issues along the canal in Merced, California. Section 4007 of...

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...

This $275,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District in Bellingham, Washington to implement its Division 7 Water Reservoir Replacement Project. The project activities include designing, permitting, acquiring utility easements, and constructing two new 237,900-gallon concrete water reservoirs to replace the existing,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to the Stockton East Water District in California to construct an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well. The ASR well will enable the District to recharge water during heavy winter flows in the Calaveras River for later beneficial use during drought or water curtailments. This added production and recharge capacity will improve the management of the District's water supplies by increasing operational...

Under this $4,598,053 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District will construct the Caratan Groundwater Recharge Facility. The project will convert 160 acres in Delano, CA into recharge ponds, providing an additional average annual volume of approximately 5,560 acre-feet of groundwater. Key components include earthwork, levee...