Project Grant R18AP00250

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County a Project Grant of $224,135 under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on July 22, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2027. The District will install Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems at three potable water pump stations in Riverside, California, including programmable logic controllers to collect...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $17,755,974 WaterSMART grant (CFDA 15.507) to the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to install advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) on approximately 40,000 residential, commercial, and industrial water meters in the Oakland, California area. The project will provide EBMUD customers with real-time water usage data and is expected to result in 1,176 acre-feet of annual water savings by reducing leaks. The water...

The City of Stockton received $8.5 million in federal funding from the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on October 28, 2025, to replace 25,401 water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for residential, commercial, and irrigation customers. The project, scheduled for completion by December 31, 2027, will deploy real-time data monitoring, early leak detection capabilities, and remote data readout...

The Clallam County Public Utility District No. 1 in Washington was awarded a $210,641.49 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) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the installation of 440 advanced metering infrastructure endpoints to capture real-time water flow data. This upgrade will enhance the utility's water resource management, improve operational efficiency, and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded East Orange County Water District (EOCWD) a $1.25 million Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) on October 1, 2025, to implement advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and equipment for its water utility operations. The funding, authorized through the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, will enable the installation and deployment of real-time...

The South Tahoe Public Utility District, located in El Dorado County, California, was awarded a $966,874 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 funds will be used to install 80 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and meter transceiver units on residential and multifamily customer water service connections. All meters will be...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support a collaborative research project at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside). The project aims to develop a user-interactive approach to water management for sustainable data centers. Key objectives include: Designing a fair and accurate water accounting system to track water footprints at both the user and facility levels....

The Rubidoux Community Service District in California was awarded a $3,346,653 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program on November 30, 2023. The grant will fund the conversion of 6,386 manual-read water meters to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters, the implementation of an online customer portal system, and a water conservation outreach campaign. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of...

The Moulton Niguel Water District in Southern California received a $1,012,996 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to replace 2,850 existing water meters with low resolution ultrasonic meters that are compatible with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,735 acre-feet by detecting and reducing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,224,295 project grant to the Desert Water Agency, a local government entity in southern California. This grant, funded through the Bureau's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support the final phase of the agency's Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation project. Specifically, the grant will enable the Desert Water Agency to equip the remaining 205 meters...