Project Grant R19AP00142

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, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $164,225.58 project grant to the Utica Water and Power Authority in Angels Camp, California. The grant will fund the lining of 1,200 linear feet of the Utica Canal with a reinforced shotcrete liner. This project aims to reduce seepage losses, improve water management and conservation, and decrease sediment loading in the canal....

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...

This $3,200,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the City of Northlake, Illinois to implement a project to line approximately 15,000 linear feet of existing sanitary sewer with cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) and rehabilitate approximately 80 sanitary manholes through epoxy manhole lining. This infrastructure improvement project aims to reduce the migration of sewage...

The Firebaugh Canal Water District received a $3,786,000 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). The grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, will fund the concreting of 2.08 miles of the 3rd Lift Canal and the construction of a 60-acre-foot storage reservoir adjacent to the lined section. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 430...

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 Menard County Control and Improvements District #1 in central Texas received a $2,522,000 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) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The purpose of the project is to upgrade the Menard Canal irrigation water conveyance system to reduce water losses, thereby increasing the amount of water left in the San Saba River for fish and wildlife...

The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District will line 2,500 feet of an existing canal and install a 30-kilowatt solar array under a $4.079 million WaterSMART Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The District will conserve an estimated 3,750 acre-feet of water annually through canal lining, benefiting water users and wildlife in the Weber River system. Installation of the solar array at the Weber South Water Treatment Plant will generate renewable energy....

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $6,211,360.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Long Beach Water Management District on May 11, 2023 under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The funding will be used to improve the existing Drainage Canal 1 in Long Beach, Mississippi by widening the earth-lined channel along approximately 4 miles of the canal between Commission Road and Espy Avenue. The project aims to protect,...

This $1,760,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Kearns Improvement District to construct approximately 5,300 lineal feet of new 20-inch ductile water line pipe with associated valves and infrastructure. The project aims to replace aging drinking water lines and improve water accessibility, reliability, and fire flow capacity for the district's residents and...