Project Grant R21AP10389

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $219,845 Project Grant to Project 7 Water Authority through the Water Conservation Field Services Program. The goal of this 15-month project concluding December 2022 is to optimize the water system and encourage conservation efforts. Under the Water Conservation Field Services (WCFS) program (CFDA #15.530), which aims to proactively promote water use efficiency in water project operations, Project 7 Water Authority will apply the...

The Rio Grande Water Conservation District in Alamosa, Colorado will develop a water marketing strategy and conduct outreach with local groundwater management subdistricts to maintain agricultural production and prevent permanent dry-up of historically irrigated lands in the San Luis Valley. Funded by a $425,511 project grant awarded on May 10, 2022 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program, the District will analyze potential water rights for participation...

The Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District was awarded a $15,327,855 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service to design and construct the Colorado River Headwaters Connectivity Project in Grand County, Colorado. The project aims to protect, develop, and utilize land and water resources in the watershed through January 31, 2025. Funding was provided under the Watershed Protection and Flood...

The High Country Conservation Center (HC3) in Summit County, Colorado was awarded a $471,466 WaterSMART grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to update the 2018 Blue River Watershed Regional Water Efficiency Plan and the water efficiency plans for the Town of Frisco, Town of Dillon, Town of Breckenridge, and Cooper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District. The grant project aims to address challenges related to decreasing snowpack levels, increasing...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $179,972 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Learning By Doing, Inc. in Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. The funding will support a collaborative, locally-led effort involving agricultural, industrial, state, federal, and nonprofit stakeholders to improve the aquatic environment at the headwaters of the Colorado River in northern Colorado. Key activities include enhancing public awareness, facilitating consensus-based...

This $158,827.49 federal Project Grant award, made on October 1, 2025 under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program, supports research and development activities focused on water resource conservation, efficiency, and management in the Colorado River Basin. The grant recipient, Utah State University (USU), will leverage its expertise in environmental sciences, natural resource management, and water-related technologies to deliver specialized services and research...

The Washington County Water Conservancy District, doing business as the Water Conservatory, received a $217,915 project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation through its WaterSMART program on June 5, 2023. The grant-funded project will install water meters with advanced metering infrastructure capabilities for previously unmetered irrigation connections serving residential users in Ivins City, Utah. The project supports local water conservation plans to...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) a $194,475 Project Grant under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA #15.530) on January 27, 2025. The grant will fund the development of design standards, details, and specifications for metered irrigation water delivery structures for four prioritized customer categories under varying field conditions, along with associated deployment cost estimates. This will enable IID to better budget and apply for...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Title II, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control program (CFDA 15.509) provides $5,458,900.00 in funding to the Uintah Indian Irrigation Project Operation And Maintenance Company. The project aims to reduce salinity levels in the Colorado River system, which will help prevent economic damages in the Lower Colorado River Basin. The key activities involve replacing an open, unlined irrigation...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,078,490.19 Cooperative Agreement to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Northern Water) under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting program (CFDA 15.078) to conduct airborne snow surveys over the Colorado River headwaters. Over the next 3 years, Northern Water will partner with Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc. to perform 3 airborne snow surveys per year during the spring runoff period. The data collected from these surveys, along with ISNOBAL...