Project Grant R18AP00207

The Rio Grande Water Conservation District in Alamosa, Colorado will develop a water marketing strategy and conduct outreach with local groundwater management subdistricts to maintain agricultural production and prevent permanent dry-up of historically irrigated lands in the San Luis Valley. Funded by a $425,511 project grant awarded on May 10, 2022 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program, the District will analyze potential water rights for participation...

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 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District (GCD) in Texas. The purpose of the grant is to develop a local-scale groundwater availability and flow model to improve the GCD's ability to accurately predict the impacts of groundwater production, both within the district and regionally, on local groundwater levels and water quality. The model will enable the GCD and its...

The San Benito County Water District (SBCWD) was awarded a $51,195,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects program (CFDA 15.074). The funding will support the Accelerated Drought Response Project (ADROP), the first phase of the North San Benito Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project. ADROP will enable the injection and storage of up to 2,700 acre-feet per year of treated Central Valley...

The Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3 (GMD3) received a $713,602 WaterSMART grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to develop action plans addressing groundwater concerns in at least six priority areas within its boundaries. The project, titled "SMARTPLAN (Prioritize, Learn, Actuate, Navigate)," will provide a framework for local water users to collaboratively form plans to reduce water use, mitigate effects of overuse, and restore...

The US Geological Survey, through its Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program, awarded Purdue University $300,000 in Cooperative Agreement funding from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2025. The award will support Purdue University's development of borehole tools to measure three-dimensional groundwater flow direction and velocity during long-term deployment. Key deliverables include a minimum of four working prototypes of a borehole sensor that uses temperature...

The California Water Data Consortium was awarded a $509,551 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation through its Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to enhance an open-source water accounting platform. The platform will serve as a baseline groundwater accounting and tracking tool for Groundwater Sustainability Agencies across California to improve access to water elevation and extraction data, water accounting systems, and scenario planning and...

This $649,817 project grant, awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), will fund a study by Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) to address the impacts of climate change on groundwater resources and promote resilience in South Florida. The key activities under this 3-year award include: quantifying the impacts of climate change and groundwater management strategies on water resources;...

The City of Stockton, California has been awarded a $1,397,655 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) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the design and construction of a groundwater recharge improvement project adjacent to the Delta Water Treatment Plant. The project will establish three recharge ponds, connections and conveyance systems, and monitoring...

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to develop new mathematical tools for designing efficient and equitable water markets to support sustainable groundwater management in drought-affected regions. The 3-year project will establish a mathematical framework for studying groundwater rights pricing and allocation as a non-cooperative game between economic...