Project Grant R18AP00257

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), awarded the Firebaugh Canal Water District in San Joaquin County, California a $3,786,000 Project Grant on January 15, 2025. The grant will fund the concreting of 2.08 miles of the 3rd Lift Canal and the construction of a 60-acre-foot midchannel storage reservoir adjacent to the lined section. This project is expected to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $164,225.58 Project Grant (CFDA 15.507 - WaterSMART Program) to the Utica Water and Power Authority in Angels Camp, California. The funding will be used to line 1,200 linear feet of the earthen Utica Canal with a reinforced shotcrete liner. This lining project will help reduce water seepage losses, improve water management and conservation for agricultural use, and reduce sediment loading in the canal. The project will also...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Columbia Irrigation District in Kennewick, Washington, a $225,990.68 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on September 4, 2024. The grant will fund the installation of a reinforced concrete liner in approximately 1,400 linear feet of the district's Lateral 2 canal. This project is expected to be completed by December 31, 2025. The concrete lining...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Boise Project Board of Control a $7,260,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to replace 5,230 linear feet (1 mile) of canal lining on the New York Canal in Boise, Idaho. This project aims to increase water conservation, efficiency, and reliability by reducing seepage losses from the existing concrete and asphalt-lined canal. The key activities include removing the existing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,830,500 Project Grant (CFDA #15.507 - WaterSMART) to the Panoche Water District in Fresno County, California on September 19, 2023. This funding will allow the Panoche Water District to install a 2.9-mile concrete liner on the currently unlined Contour Canal and replace four check structures, three road crossings, and 15 turnouts with pre-cast concrete structures to accommodate necessary trash screens. The project is...

The North Kern Water Storage District in Kern County, California, received a $9,773,010 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). The grant will fund the concrete lining of approximately 1.4 miles of the Calloway Canal, which is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,788 acre-feet that would otherwise be lost through seepage. The project aims...

The El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 received a $4,031,382 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) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the lining of 11,000 feet of the Riverside Canal with steel-panel reinforced concrete, which is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,637 acre-feet by reducing seepage losses. This project aims to improve water...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,191,586 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) grant to the Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District on September 6, 2023. This Project Grant will fund the lining of 2,500 feet of the earthen West Canal with a geomembrane liner covered by concrete to address seepage losses in central Washington. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 728 acre-feet that...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,084,852 grant to the Enterprize Canal Company, Ltd. under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). Through this Project Grant, the Enterprize Canal Company will convert 3,613 linear feet of two 63-inch pipes along a historical canal alignment and install solar-powered automated headgates and measurement devices. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 7,721 acre-feet by reducing...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $370,000 Project Grant to Farmers Conservation Alliance to complete a 60% engineering design package for upgrading the unlined, earthen-berm Leon-Park Feeder Canal in Collbran, Colorado. The project aims to address transmission losses along the canal and create a more reliable and resilient water supply. The Canal is the major supplier of water to the Vega...