Project Grant R22AP00677
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,830,500 Project Grant (CFDA #15.507 - WaterSMART) to the Panoche Water District in Fresno County, California on September 19, 2023. This funding will allow the Panoche Water District to install a 2.9-mile concrete liner on the currently unlined Contour Canal and replace four check structures, three road crossings, and 15 turnouts with pre-cast concrete structures to accommodate necessary trash screens. The project is...
- 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 Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,684,222 Project Grant to the Cawelo Water District on April 14, 2025 through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a 33-acre-foot reservoir and a 24-acre recharge facility in Bakersfield, CA. These infrastructure improvements are expected to increase the district's groundwater supply by 3,466 acre-feet per year, representing a 6.1% increase in the total annual average water supply. The...
- 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), awarded the Firebaugh Canal Water District in San Joaquin County, California a $3,786,000 Project Grant on January 15, 2025. The grant will fund the concreting of 2.08 miles of the 3rd Lift Canal and the construction of a 60-acre-foot midchannel storage reservoir adjacent to the lined section. This project is expected to...
- The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Semitropic Water Storage District Irrigation Water System Financing Corporation a $3 million Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program. The grant will fund construction of a subsurface recharge facility including an earthen reservoir, filtration system, metered connection to record water deliveries, buried infiltration gallery of perforated and solid pipelines, and a dedicated monitoring system. The project aims to increase...
- The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Bard Water District a $1,357,565.38 Project Grant on May 1, 2021 to line one mile of the Mohave Canal in California. The grant is part of the USDA's Agricultural Water Conservation Efficiency Program (AWCEP, CFDA No. 15.572), which aims to leverage cost sharing for projects that save water and improve water management in agriculture. Under the award, Bard Water District will line one mile of the Mohave Canal to reduce water loss and increase water supply...
- The South Tahoe Public Utility District (DISTRICT) in Northern California received a $390,370 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief (CFDA 15.514) program. The funding will be used to optimize and enhance the DISTRICT's existing water use data and technology by creating decision support tools to aid in the development and implementation of future water budgets for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional water users....
- This federal Project Grant award of $10,000,000, made under the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), is designed to increase water management flexibility and build drought resilience in California. The major project components include the construction of two recharge basins, each with up to two recharge cells and levees, as well as the installation of monitoring wells, inlet and outlet structures on adjacent canals,...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $387,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Stockton East Water District in San Joaquin County, California. The grant will fund the design of a pipeline to improve drought resiliency and groundwater reliability by providing an alternative surface water source to agricultural users currently relying on groundwater pumping. This project is...
AWARD PURPOSE LOST HILLS WATER DISTRICT LHWD IS LOCATED IN WESTERN KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THE SERVICE AREA 1 CANAL RESERVOIR LINING PROJECT INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HDPE LINER TO LINE TWO RESERVOIRS IN THE CANAL SYSTEM TO REDUCE SEEPAGE AND IMPROVE WATER RELIABILITY THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES PROMOTION OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE NRCS ON FARM WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO LHWD GROWERS THE ESTIMATED REDUCTION IN SEEPAGE FROM HDPE LINING IS 158 ACRE FEET AF PER YEAR PROMOTION OF NRCS PROGRAMS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MORE THAN 158 AF OF ADDITIONAL WATER SAVINGS ENERGY SAVINGS WILL BE REALIZED, AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCED BY ELIMINATING THE NEED TO REPLACE THE LOST WATER WITH OTHER SUPPLIES THOSE SUPPLIES WOULD ALSO BE PUMPED THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL WATER PROJECT PUMPS AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT S PUMP STATION AND FROM WATER BANKS THE LHWD PARTICIPATES IN ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED MOBILIZATION AND SITE PREPARATION CONTRACTORS SHALL LOCATE EXISTING UTILITIES AND MOBILIZE EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION SEDIMENT AND ASPHALT LINING SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE RESERVOIRS THE RESERVOIR SUBGRADE AND ANCHOR TRENCHES SHALL BE PREPARED, RESERVOIR LINING SHALL BE INSTALLED, AND ANCHOR TRENCHES SHALL BE BACKFILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS PERFORMANCE TESTING AND DEMOBILIZATION RESERVOIR LINING SHALL BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS PROJECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES THE LINING SHALL REDUCE SEEPAGE, INCREASE WATER RELIABILITY, REDUCE MAINTENANCE EFFORTS, AND REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR RESERVOIR BREACHES SEEPAGE LOSSES ARE ESPECIALLY DETRIMENTAL BECAUSE WATER SUPPLIES ARE VERY LIMITED, AND THE LOST WATER GOES INTO THE REGION S SALTY SHALLOW GROUNDWATER RATHER THAN RECHARGE AN AQUIFER THAT HAS BENEFICIAL USE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES LOST HILLS WATER DISTRICT S LHWD RESERVOIRS 1 1A AND 1 3 WERE BUILT WITH ASPHALT SLOPE PROTECTION AND CLAYEY SOIL BOTTOMS IN 1968 DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THE RESERVOIRS HELP TO REGULATE FLOWS IN THE SERVICE AREA 1 CANAL SYSTEM RESERVOIR 1 1A HAS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 3 1 ACRES 135,000 SQUARE FEET AND RESERVOIR 1 3 HAS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 1 13 ACRES 49,200 SQUARE FEET UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE RECIPIENT SHALL INSTALL HDPE LINERS TO LINE TWO RESERVOIRS IN THE SERVICE AREA 1 CANAL SYSTEM SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD N A
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 2/5/24 | ||
| Not listed | $417.5k | 9/21/22 |