The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California received a $32,942,618 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant funding will enable the construction of an intertie at the existing Foothill Pump Station along the Rialto Pipeline in East Highland, California. This project will allow the Metropolitan Water District to supplement water supplies in the Inland...
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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,468,904 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the City of Fresno, California. The grant will fund the installation of a manganese dioxide filtration system with pre-oxidation at Pump Station 345-1 to remove iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide from the groundwater supply, enabling the station to meet secondary maximum contaminant levels (SMCLs) and deliver clean...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to the Stockton East Water District in California to construct an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well. The ASR well will enable the District to recharge water during heavy winter flows in the Calaveras River for later beneficial use during drought or water curtailments. This added production and recharge capacity will improve the management of the District's water supplies by increasing operational...
The Goleta Water District, a U.S. local government entity serving the Goleta Valley region in California, received a $6,291,307 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant funding will enable the District to design and construct advanced groundwater treatment systems at its Airport Well to remove contaminants such as 1,4-dioxane and PFAS. This will restore the well's capacity to...
The City of Santa Ana, California received a $3,602,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the relocation of the city's existing Pressure Reducing Station No. 2 and the construction of a new Emergency Booster Pump Station. This project will allow the city to maximize the operational flexibility of its water system by enabling the transfer of up to 7,226...
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 City of Fresno, California will receive $586,926 under a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) to install recycled water infrastructure and retrofit irrigation systems at three municipal sites. Specifically, the City will install purple pipes and convert irrigation systems at City Hall, Fink-White Park, and Fulton Street from potable to recycled water supplied by existing transmission lines....
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 San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District received a $2,707,038 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to implement the Cactus Basins Connector Pipeline Project. This project will connect the Cactus Basins to the State Water Project, allowing for up to an additional 6,904 acre-feet per year of groundwater recharge in the severely depleted groundwater basin. The project...