Project Grant R22AP00003

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 City of Vallejo, California was awarded a $498,228 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the development of a water marketing strategy to identify barriers and explore opportunities to utilize Lake Curry water to support multiple users in Vallejo and the surrounding area. Specifically, the City will bring together stakeholders like...

The Selah & Moxee Irrigation District (SMID) in Yakima County, Washington will receive $415,635 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program to expand their water marketing strategy. SMID will build upon a previous 2018 grant to further develop outreach to landowners, evaluate potential economic impacts, and establish inter-local agreements to integrate consideration of out-of-basin water supplies...

The Rancho California Water District will develop a strategic plan for advanced wellhead treatment facilities to mitigate emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the groundwater of southwestern Riverside County, California. Funded by a $800,088 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) program (CFDA 15.507), this 3-year effort will protect a critical...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement to Farmers Conservation Alliance under the Upper Klamath Basin Water Supply Alignment federal grant program (CFDA 15.566) from February 2023 through February 2028. The award will support identifying sites in Klamath Project irrigation districts and other locations for installing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), telemetry, and automation equipment to improve real-time water quantity...

This $1,975,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River System Conservation Pilot Program (CFDA 15.567) will provide funding to the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) to advance the state's Water Right Transition Assistance Program (WTAP) and support temporary, rotational fallowing of agricultural lands in target areas experiencing critical depletion of the High Plains and Ogallala Aquifers. The intent is to help restore aquifers and recover stream flows in...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council as the fiscal agent for the Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance. The funding will be used to (1) update the Mauna Kea Watershed Management Plan 2010, (2) create a five-year action plan with input from watershed partners, and (3) develop a wildfire protection and post-fire response plan for over 416,000 acres of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), has awarded $529,381 to the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) to develop a water strategy for a cloud seeding pilot project to augment natural precipitation over the Nacimiento and San Antonio watersheds in California. The grant funding will enable MCWRA to conduct additional hydrologic and environmental analysis,...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,611,081.33 Cooperative Agreement under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting program (CFDA 15.078) to the Friant Water Authority. The project aims to expand the use of Airborne Snow Observatory technologies in the upper San Joaquin River Basin to enhance water supply forecasting. Key activities include additional Airborne Snow Observatory flights, in-situ snow course measurements, historical data analysis, and development of a tool to estimate...

This Project Grant award from 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 provide $357,580 to the City of Klamath Falls, Oregon, in partnership with the South Suburban Sanitation District, to develop a strategy to increase the supply and quality of recycled water. The goal is to conserve the city's potable water supplies and improve the quality of discharges from the wastewater...