Project Grant R19AP00172

The City of Highland, Utah will install 4,253 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and retrofit 250 existing meters with AMI capabilities under a $8.415 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. The grant funding supports the City's project to implement AMI on unmetered pressurized irrigation connections and existing meters for residential, commercial, and institutional customers. The project aims to save an estimated 2,100 acre-feet of water...

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 Agassiz Water Users District (AWUD) was awarded a $206,210.67 Project Grant by 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 funding will support the installation of 425 new residential Automatic Meter Read (AMR) systems, including AMR-compatible meters and smart point heads, within the AWUD service area. This AMR infrastructure will enable real-time monitoring and data...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $160,771 Cooperative Agreement on May 3, 2024 to the City of Caliente, Nevada under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The project aims to address inefficiencies, privacy, and safety concerns related to Caliente's electric meters by replacing old technology with advanced metering infrastructure. This will enable automatic meter information access and uploads for both the utility and its...

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. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $817,920 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), Inc., a non-profit organization, for the Open Analytics for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (OAAMI) project. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, seeks to develop an open-source library of data adapters to seamlessly import, analyze, and manage both historical and near real-time...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The 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 design and implement advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and equipment. The project will serve approximately 1,211 retail water customers and 3,200 total beneficiaries by enabling real-time monitoring of water consumption and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $218,747 Project Grant to the City of Universal City, Texas under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA #15.507). The purpose of the grant is to purchase and install 656 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) water meters throughout the city. The existing water meter infrastructure in Universal City has reached the end of its useful life and is resulting in significant water loss...

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...

The Otay Water District in Spring Valley, California was awarded a $2,095,174 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) program. The funding will be used to upgrade 3,749 water meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology across the district's rural and urban communities. The AMI meters will provide real-time water use data, enabling early leak detection and increased customer awareness to conserve an estimated 259...