Project Grant R19AP00213

The Yuba County Water Agency and Browns Valley Irrigation District will convert 9.3 miles of open ditch to 9.6 miles of pipeline under a $4,011,154 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. The existing Sicard Flat Ditch is constructed directly in blasted rock, making it porous and prone to leaks. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,880 acre-feet currently lost to seepage, which will be stored in Collins Lake...

The Teichert Pipeline Project is a $2,317,600 federal grant award made 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 project, awarded to the Hallwood Irrigation Company, a non-profit organization in Marysville, California, aims to convert the Teichert Ditch into an underground pipeline. The project will enhance water conservation, improve water diversion management, and increase...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.664 - Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance) provides $400,000 to the Siskiyou County Farm Bureau to design and obtain permits for a pipeline that would allow water from the Montague Water Conservation District to be delivered to the Big Springs Irrigation District. This project aims to reduce groundwater and surface water pumping near Big Springs Creek, thereby increasing flows in the...

The Sutter Mutual Water Company will implement a series of upgrades to its water distribution system under a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. Funded through September 2025, the project aims to install automated gates and variable speed drives on motors to better control water flow and delivery. A new supervisory control and data acquisition system will also allow centralized monitoring and controls. These system improvements...

This $469,487,197 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation supports the Harvest Water project under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The project will serve up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of recycled water produced from the EchoWater Project to approximately 16,000 acres of agricultural and habitat lands in southern Sacramento County, including portions of unincorporated South Sacramento County and the Stone...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $4,000,000 in funding to the Metropolitan Sewer Subdistrict (d/b/a MetroConnects) in Greenville, SC. The award is for a project to rehabilitate, expand, and connect the Union Bleachery Mill Village sewer system into the consolidated MetroConnects sewer system. The key activities include cured-in-place pipe lining, removal and...

This $6,102,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will fund the "Restoring Wildcat Creek: Community-Led Watershed Health Update and Priority Project Implementation" project. The key products and services to be delivered include: Restoration of 5,000 feet of sediment-choked riparian corridor and 10 acres of adjacent habitat along Wildcat Creek Creation of a 50,000...

The City of San Buenaventura in Ventura County, California was awarded a $16,592,500 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 4.3 mile pipeline connecting the city to the Calleguas Municipal Water District. This will enable the city to access its existing State Water Project allocation, improving drought resiliency and water quality by blending with lower quality...

This $1,227,400 federal Project Grant awarded on March 13, 2025 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) will fund the Seepage Loss Prevention Lining of Highway 20 Ditch project for the Hallwood Irrigation Company in Marysville, CA. The project aims to improve water conservation and efficiency by converting an open irrigation ditch to an underground pipeline system. This...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $1,250,000 in federal funding to the North Tahoe Public Utility District (NTPUD) to implement its 2025 Waterline Replacement Project. The project entails the installation of approximately 2,700 linear feet of 8-inch water mains, new 2-inch service lines, additional fire hydrants, valves, and system improvements to enhance drought...