Project Grant R21AP10406

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Westlands Water District $3,656,664 under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on February 27, 2026, to expand its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project. The project will install 150 new Victaulic meters and convert 1,453 existing mechanical meters to digital meters with AMI capabilities across the district's water distribution system in California's San Joaquin...

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 City of Stockton received $8.5 million in federal funding from the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on October 28, 2025, to replace 25,401 water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for residential, commercial, and irrigation customers. The project, scheduled for completion by December 31, 2027, will deploy real-time data monitoring, early leak detection capabilities, and remote data readout...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. received a $5.8 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) on September 29, 2025. The cooperative will procure and deploy advanced electric meters across all 11,800 metering locations throughout its service territory in East Montpelier, Vermont, with project completion...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $195,757 Project Grant to the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA) located in California. The grant will fund the upgrade of 49 manually read propeller meters with electromagnetic meters and remote read technology on high-production groundwater wells. This project aims to provide PVWMA's water system operators with...

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. 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 City of Idaho Falls received a $2.5 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) awarded on June 3, 2025. The grant funds the installation of 250 water meters at commercial properties throughout Idaho Falls to measure potable water consumption. This metering infrastructure will enable the city to implement a consumption-based billing structure that incentivizes water efficiency among...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The City of Soledad received a $2.8 million 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), awarded September 10, 2025, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2027. The funding supports the upgrade of approximately 3,500 existing water meters to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems equipped with ultrasonic flowmeters and...