The City of Bakersfield received a $1,292,435 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). The grant will fund the replacement of 5,500 outdated water meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters in a residential area of the city serving over 20,000 residents. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 221 acre-feet by providing...
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 City of Redlands, California was awarded a $6,707,758 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) on September 12, 2023. The grant will fund the replacement of 9,070 water meters and the retrofit of an additional 5,876 meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) smart meters. This project represents the final three phases of the city's citywide water...
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...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,000,000 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant (CFDA 15.507) to the Deutsch Domestic Water Company in Colorado. The project will improve the company's municipal and irrigation water system efficiencies through canal lining, rebates, and automation. Key activities include replacing 150 manual-read meters with advanced metering infrastructure, implementing a supervisory control and data acquisition system, offering rebates...
The Town of Fraser, Colorado, was awarded 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 fund the installation of 380 new advanced metering infrastructure and cellular endpoints to improve the town's management of its water supply. The project will provide real-time water consumption data, enabling the town to identify and address...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,118,182 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant (CFDA 15.507) to the Town of Gilbert, Arizona on July 23, 2024. The grant will fund the installation of 38,642 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) water meters and radios for residential customers, as well as the development of a customer portal. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,172 acre-feet by providing...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $843,093 project grant to the Monte Vista Water District in San Bernardino County, California. The funding will be used to replace 1,400 manually read water meters with advanced metering infrastructure. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 262 acre-feet by providing real-time...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507), awarded $200,013 to the Southeast Water Users District in North Dakota on May 6, 2025. This Project Grant will fund the installation of 1,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) nodes on the district's existing water meters to automate water use metering. The AMI nodes will provide the district with real-time data,...
The Town of Cheraw, located in Otero County, Colorado, received a $1,579,000 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) 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...