The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCVWA) received a $16.4 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The funding will support SCVWA's construction of a centralized ion exchange per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) treatment facility to remove PFAS contaminants from local groundwater supplies. Treatment of the groundwater will allow SCVWA to provide up to 9,678...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,785,250 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the South Coast Water District (SCWD) located in Laguna Beach, California. The grant will fund a project to expand SCWD's local water portfolio and increase groundwater production by 465 acre-feet per year to alleviate drought impacts. Specifically, the project involves equipping an existing well in Creekside Park and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the South Tahoe Public Utility District a $390,370 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to optimize and enhance existing water use data and technology. The project will create decision support tools to aid in the development of water budgets for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional water users. This will help the district, which relies 100% on groundwater,...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $16,447,858 Project Grant to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). This funding will enable Western Municipal Water District, in partnership with Rubidoux Community Services District and Riverside Highland Water Company, to increase local potable water supply by 4,286 acre-feet per year. The project will construct three small-scale...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the City of San Buenaventura (Ventura, CA) a $16,592,500 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 4.3-mile pipeline connecting the city to the Calleguas Municipal Water District. This project will enable the city to access its existing State Water Project allocation, improving the city's drought resiliency by providing access to an additional 5,400 acre-feet of water per year. The project aims to...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the East Valley Water District in California on August 16, 2024. The grant will fund the design of a new well to address water supply shortages caused by prolonged drought conditions in the region. The project includes preparing design packages for well drilling and equipping, as well as cost...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,684,222 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Cawelo Water District in Bakersfield, CA. The grant funding will support the construction of a 33-acre-foot capacity reservoir, a 24-acre recharge facility, and a pipeline connecting the two facilities. These infrastructure improvements aim to directly help the district's drought resiliency and increase access to groundwater supplies, providing an...
The Granger-Hunter Improvement District (GHID) in West Valley City, Utah was awarded a $13,747,472 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a new water well and water treatment facility to treat water from the new well and an existing well. This will provide an additional 2,500 acre-feet of drought-tolerant water supply to GHID. The water treatment...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) provides $45,879,420.66 in funding to the Carpinteria Valley Water District for the construction of a 1.0 million gallons per day (MGD) advanced water purification facility (AWPF). The project will treat wastewater effluent from the Carpinteria Sanitary District Wastewater Treatment Plant and produce recycled water to recharge the local Carpinteria...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $4,384,344 project grant to the Pixley Irrigation District in California to construct 5.5 miles of new canals as part of the Lateral 4 Expansion Project. This infrastructure project will allow the district to recharge groundwater and deliver surface water, reducing reliance on overdrafted groundwater in the region. The project is expected to...