Project Grant R21AP10462

The Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District (SSJMUD) will receive $6,107,566 under a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to improve water supply resilience. SSJMUD will enhance existing conveyance facilities, construct 75 acres of recharge ponds to increase groundwater recharge capacity by an average of 6,120 acre-feet annually, and connect a recovery well to its conveyance system. The...

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) was awarded a $32,942,618 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief (CFDA 15.514) program. The grant funding will enable MWD to construct an intertie at the existing Foothill Pump Station along the Rialto Pipeline in East Highland, California. This project will allow MWD to provide Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) water and water storage from Diamond...

The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District received a $2,707,038 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 implement the Cactus Basins Connector Pipeline Project. This project will connect the Cactus Basins to the State Water Project, allowing for up to an additional 6,904 acre-feet per year of groundwater recharge in the severely depleted groundwater basin. The project...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Porterville Irrigation District (District) a $923,033 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, the District will construct a surface water distribution system to serve 675 acres in its service area that currently only has access to groundwater. The project includes building a pipeline along Road 196 to connect the Lower Tule River Irrigation District 4...

The City of San Buenaventura 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 pipeline will enable the city to access its existing State Water Project allocation, providing approximately 5,400 acre-feet per year of higher-quality water to improve the city's drought...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $43,074,644 Cooperative Agreement to the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The funding will support upgrading PID's water conveyance facilities that connect the San Joaquin River to the Delta-Mendota Canal. Key project components include constructing approximately 1.9 miles of concrete-lined canal, four canal lateral headings, four farmer...

The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District received a $1,315,083 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on February 20, 2024. The funding will support the Kimberlina Pipeline Conveyance Improvement Project, which involves installing 1,400 linear feet of pipeline to connect the district's main distribution system to the Kimberlina recharge facility. This project will allow an additional...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Semitropic Water Storage District Irrigation Water System Financing Corporation a $3 million Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program. The grant will fund construction of a subsurface recharge facility including an earthen reservoir, filtration system, metered connection to record water deliveries, buried infiltration gallery of perforated and solid pipelines, and a dedicated monitoring system. The project aims to increase...

The Turlock Irrigation District will receive $7.93 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 38-acre regulating reservoir. The reservoir will capture operational spills from water delivery canals during periods of excess supply and return the stored flows to canals during times of water shortages. This project aims to improve water management of 10,000...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides full federal funding to the San Juan Water District (SJWD) to implement the Kokila Reservoir Replacement Project. The key activities to be performed include constructing a replacement reservoir by taking the existing reservoir offline, draining it, and regrading the site to accommodate a fixed-wall tank. The anticipated...