Project Grant R22AP00082

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Water Education Foundation under the California Water Security and Environmental Enhancement program (CFDA 15.533) to provide public outreach and education on water resources in California, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The funding supports the development and delivery of educational materials such as tours, layperson's guidebooks, maps, and online resources. The products and services are intended to...

The California Water Service Co (Cal Water) was awarded a $798,910 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). The grant will fund a lawn to garden turf conversion rebate program to promote water conservation through the transformation of high-water-use landscaping and irrigation to drought tolerant, permeable landscapes in five of Cal Water's districts. The project...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507), awarded the El Dorado Irrigation District in Placerville, California a $248,227.35 project grant to upgrade three wholesale water meters with automated meter read (AMR) technology. This project will enable the district to conserve water and improve overall data collection and analysis of water consumption, providing...

This $399,363 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program will support the development of the California Urban Water Efficiency Data Platform. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. will create an online software platform to assist California's urban water suppliers in tracking, quality controlling, and analyzing water production and demand data. The platform aims to help agencies evaluate current water efficiency levels,...

The Stockton East Water District in California received a $2,046,465 federal 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) to construct a flow measurement flume and pipe 777 feet of an earthen canal. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 10,865 acre-feet, which will be stored in the New Melones Reservoir to address water shortages...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $8,328,146 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507) to the Fresno Irrigation District, a non-profit organization in Fresno, California. The grant funding will support the district's "Solar and Water Energy Efficiency Project" which aims to improve water conservation, infrastructure, and sustainability in the region. Specific project...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $311,185 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District in California. The grant funding will be used to distribute approximately 2,200 water efficiency home kits to residential customers. Each kit will include various water-saving fixtures and devices, such as sprinkler nozzles, shower heads, faucet aerators,...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530), will result in the development of design standards, details, and specifications for metered, irrigation water delivery structures for four prioritized customer categories under varying field conditions. The $194,475 award to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) will also produce associated deployment cost estimates. This will enable IID...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $225,000 Project Grant to the Palmdale Water District in California under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will enable the District to offer a variety of water-saving incentives to its customers, including for the installation of high-efficiency toilets, high-efficiency clothes washers, turf replacement, and weather-based irrigation controllers. This...