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...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $884,600 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to Hallwood Irrigation Company, a non-profit organization located in Marysville, California. The grant funding will support the Flow Control Automation Upgrades project, which aims to modernize the organization's water resource management infrastructure. Key project components include converting open...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $192,658 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Parks & Lewisville Irrigation Company located in Lewisville, Idaho. The grant funding will be used to install automated headgates at three diversion structures, which will increase the management efficiency of the irrigation system and allow for real-time measurement of water flows. This project will benefit both agricultural and...
The Hallwood Irrigation Company, located in Marysville, California, was awarded a $230,927.45 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 funding will be used to install three automated gates with integrated flow control measurement and solar-powered supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) accessible via cellular connection. This project will...
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 $4,511,673 project grant to the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) located in California's Central Valley. The funding will enable TID's Civil Engineering Division to improve and automate five drop structures on the district's main canal. This project involves modifying the drop structures, installing new automated gates, and...
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 Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,335,961 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to construct a water storage and delivery system in Portola Redwoods State Park, California. The project aims to improve water supply reliability for park visitors while decreasing summer diversions from Peters Creek, which will benefit endangered coho salmon and steelhead populations. Specifically, the grant will fund the...
This $224,767 Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program will fund the Headgate Automation and Irrigation Flow Measurement Projects for the Idaho Irrigation District in Bonneville County, Idaho. The key activities include automating three existing headgates, building and automating one additional headgate, adding five Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) measuring and logging stations to...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $8,324,208 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Sunnydell Irrigation District in Madison County, Idaho. The grant will fund the lining of 6.7 miles of an earthen irrigation canal with high-density polyethylene pipeline and the upgrade of manual headgates to solar-powered electric headgates with water measurement devices. These infrastructure...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,360,706 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Nfria-Wserc Conservation Center, Inc. (doing business as the Western Slope Conservation Center) on April 11, 2024. The project will modernize the Farmers Ditch diversion and headgate structures in west-central Colorado to improve upstream fish passage, increase diversion efficiency, and enhance safety for boaters. Key project...