The El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 received a $4,031,382 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 lining of 11,000 feet of the Riverside Canal with steel-panel reinforced concrete, which is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,637 acre-feet by reducing seepage losses. This project aims to improve water...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $13,890,000 WaterSMART program Project Grant (CFDA 15.507) to the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board. The grant will fund the replacement of 60,000 existing manual water meters with advanced metering infrastructure smart meters for residential and business customers, as well as the implementation of a customer portal for real-time water usage tracking. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,590.50 Project Grant under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) to The Spanish Fork South Irrigation Co in Utah. The grant will fund the development of a Water Conservation Management Plan (WCMP) that utilizes the latest scientific technologies to perform hydraulic modeling, system analysis, asset management, and operational improvements. The goal is to identify a plan of action with recommendations...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,918,760 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2 in Texas. The grant funding will support infrastructure and efficiency improvements to a feeder canal, discharge pipes, and a pumping plant. Key project components include constructing reinforced isolation bays on the headwall and feeder canal, and replacing...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,214.26 Project Grant on January 23, 2024 to the El Paso County Water Improvement District No 1 in Texas under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funds will be used to line 3,465 linear feet of the earthen Montoya Main Lateral canal with reinforced shotcrete. This upgrade will reduce water loss due to evaporation and seepage, as well as decrease sediment loading in the canal, improving...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant (CFDA 15.504 - Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs) to El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board. The grant will support a feasibility study, alternatives analysis, preliminary design, environmental impact studies, and compliance analysis for a water reuse project at the Upper Valley Water Treatment Plant in El Paso, Texas. The project aims to expand the plant's water...
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's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded $183,914.60 to the Carlsbad Irrigation District in Carlsbad, New Mexico on September 17, 2024. The funding will be used to line 2,000 feet of the district's main canal to improve overall canal efficiencies and reduce excessive seepage. This project is expected to conserve water, increase water supply reliability for...
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...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Water Conservation Field Services (WCFS) program (CFDA 15.530), provides $157,000.00 to the Buckeye Water Conservation & Drainage District to assess the potential for water management improvements and identify a plan of action with recommendations for implementing specific improvements. The key products and services to be delivered include data collection and research, identification and...