Project Grant R22AP00130

The Town of Fraser, Colorado received a $228,085.72 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) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will be used to install 380 new advanced water meters and cellular endpoints to improve the town's water supply management. The project aims to acquire real-time water consumption data, use algorithmic analysis to identify water losses and excessive...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $187,952 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Town of Vilas, Colorado. The grant will fund water use data improvements through the upgrade of existing water meters to new radio-based meters for residential and commercial customers, as well as the installation of a new water tank level sensor. These technology upgrades will enable automated data...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $205,300 Project Grant to the Town of Starkville, Colorado under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the replacement of 65 existing water meters with new radio-read meters and associated software in this disadvantaged community. This project will help conserve water, reduce losses, and provide more equitable water bills for residents. The updated metering...

The Town of Cheraw, located in Otero County, Colorado, received a $1,579,000 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) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the installation of 286 smart water meters across the town and four nearby communities, enabling the town to better quantify water use, identify leaks, and improve customer water use patterns. The project is...

The City of Edinburg, Texas will replace 500 residential water meters with smart meters through a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART program. The smart meters will help conserve water usage and prevent loss by allowing the city to better track and manage daily water consumption. This supports Edinburg's 2021 capital improvement plan to further water conservation and infrastructure upgrades. The grant-funded project aligns...

The City of Greeley, Colorado will receive a $7,526,986 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART program (CFDA #15.507) to convert 11,193 residential and commercial water meters to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) integrated with the city's supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. The AMI meters are expected to result in annual water savings of 1,146 acre-feet by improving metering accuracy and providing customers...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $244,347.78 Project Grant to the City of Las Animas, located in southeastern Colorado, under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the upgrade of 1,270 residential and commercial manually read water meters with new radio-read water meters. This project aims to improve the accuracy of water usage readings, reduce labor hours, and enhance the overall...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,988,000 Project Grant to the Town of Estes Park Town Hall on September 28, 2022 under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant will support the provision of water and waste disposal projects for the most financially needy communities in Colorado, resulting in reasonable user costs for rural residents, rural businesses, and other rural users as intended under the program. The...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $213,349.41 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507) to the Town of Simla, Colorado on March 10, 2025. The grant will fund a municipal water meter upgrade project to improve water efficiency in Simla, Colorado. The project aims to upgrade the town's water metering infrastructure to reduce water loss and increase the overall efficiency of the...

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...