The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the City of Prescott, Arizona a $101,348 Project Grant under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) to develop a long-term water management plan for the city. The purpose of this grant is to help the City of Prescott address aging infrastructure, population growth, ongoing drought, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination by tying together pertinent data and practices into a forward-thinking water management plan. The...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $219,845 Project Grant to Project 7 Water Authority through the Water Conservation Field Services Program. The goal of this 15-month project concluding December 2022 is to optimize the water system and encourage conservation efforts. Under the Water Conservation Field Services (WCFS) program (CFDA #15.530), which aims to proactively promote water use efficiency in water project operations, Project 7 Water Authority will apply the...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $15,000,000 cooperative agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program to the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, a California-based non-profit organization. The purpose of this 5-year pilot project is to identify viable solutions to enable federal, state, and irrigation water districts to dual-purpose traditional water conveyance canals by generating renewable energy, thereby reducing...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $269,976.40 Project Grant under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) to the Municipal Water District of Orange County Water Facilities Corporation. The objectives of this 2-year project, with a completion date of December 31, 2026, are for the municipal water district to: Reach out to and identify water use customers Understand the water use needs, including quantity and type Identify problem areas Set...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $1,019,470 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Bard Water District in Winterhaven, California. The grant will fund the concreting of 1,750 feet of the earthen Reservation Main Canal and the improvement of five turnouts and two check structures. This infrastructure project is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 421...
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 project will also produce associated deployment cost estimates. The $194,475 award, effective January 27, 2025 through December 31, 2025,...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $713,795 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to enhance water management and modeling capabilities in the Lower Colorado River Basin. The project will take a "backcasting" approach, wherein the team will rigorously define scenarios likely to cause problems for water managers and supplies, and then run model simulations to uncover the key drivers behind such problematic...
The federal Project Grant award of $999,091 from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, will support research to quantify field to basin-scale water needs and evaluate the conserved consumptive water use from previous water conservation investments in the Southwest and Southern Plains regions. The goal is to understand realistic water savings from conservation investments in these areas facing increasing droughts and...
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...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,084,852 grant to the Enterprize Canal Company, Ltd. under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). Through this Project Grant, the Enterprize Canal Company will convert 3,613 linear feet of two 63-inch pipes along a historical canal alignment and install solar-powered automated headgates and measurement devices. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 7,721 acre-feet by reducing...