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...
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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,531,848 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to The California Land Stewardship Institute, in partnership with the City of Ukiah Water Department in Mendocino County, California. The grant will fund the expansion of a surface water-groundwater model for the Ukiah Valley Basin to simulate drought conditions and management actions, creating a decision support tool to...
The Fresno Irrigation District (the District) was awarded a $200,000 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) Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will provide financial incentives to landowners within the District's service area to install meters on 20 existing groundwater wells. This project will generate water use data to help landowners better manage groundwater consumption during...
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California received a $32,942,618 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The funding will enable the construction of an intertie at the existing Foothill Pump Station along the Rialto Pipeline in East Highland, California. This project will allow the Metropolitan Water District to provide water from the Colorado River Aqueduct and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,028,188 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant (CFDA #15.507) to the Henry Miller Reclamation District No. 2131 in central California. The grant funding will be used to modernize the Pick Anderson Pump Station and upgrade the district's surface water conveyance system. Key project elements include installing automatic gates and flow meters, constructing a long-crested weir, adding three new...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,765,371.00 Project Grant to the Lower Tule River Irrigation District and Pixley Irrigation District in central California under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the installation of 742 automated magnetic smart meters along 320 miles of open canals within the two districts. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 10,621...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,145,949 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to Reclamation District 108 in Colusa County, California. The grant funding will be used to improve access to and use of water resource data, as well as enhance modeling capabilities to inform regional groundwater recharge and conjunctive use programs. Specifically, the project will expand Dunnigan Water District's existing groundwater monitoring network and improve on-farm surface...
Under this $4,598,053 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District will construct the Caratan Groundwater Recharge Facility. The project will convert 160 acres in Delano, CA into recharge ponds, providing an additional average annual volume of approximately 5,560 acre-feet of groundwater. Key components include earthwork, levee...
This $2,684,222 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) will enable the Cawelo Water District in Bakersfield, CA to construct a 33-acre-foot reservoir and a 24-acre recharge facility. These infrastructure improvements will directly help increase access to groundwater supplies, providing an additional 3,466 acre-feet per year, which represents a 6.1% increase in the...