The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District was awarded a $2,007,600 Project Grant from 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). The grant funds will be used to design improvements to convey local stormwater and imported water from the California Department of Water Resources State Water Project to a series of recharge basins in the City of San Bernardino,...
The City of San Buenaventura, California was awarded a $16,592,500 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a 4.3-mile pipeline connecting the city to the Calleguas Municipal Water District, enabling access to the city's existing State Water Project allocation. This will improve the city's drought resilience by providing an additional 5,400...
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California received a $32,942,618 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The 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 provide water from the Colorado River Aqueduct and...
This $2,684,222 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) will enable the Cawelo Water District in Bakersfield, CA to construct a 33-acre-foot reservoir and a 24-acre recharge facility. These infrastructure improvements will directly help increase access to groundwater supplies, providing an additional 3,466 acre-feet per year, which represents a 6.1% increase in the...
The San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, in collaboration with California State University, Sacramento, received a $826,742 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557). The grant funding will be used to enhance the existing Integrated Santa Ana River Model, a combined groundwater and surface water model that is a foundational tool for water management in the Upper Santa Ana River Watershed and San...
The South Coast Water District (SCWD) in Southern California received a $2,785,250 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 funding will support the expansion of SCWD's local water portfolio to alleviate drought impacts by producing an additional 465 acre-feet per year of local groundwater. The project involves equipping an existing well in Creekside Park and connecting it to...
Under this $4,598,053 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District will construct the Caratan Groundwater Recharge Facility. The project will convert 160 acres in Delano, CA into recharge ponds, providing an additional average annual volume of approximately 5,560 acre-feet of groundwater. Key components include earthwork, levee...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $843,093 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Monte Vista Water District in San Bernardino County, California. The grant will fund the replacement of 1,400 manually read water meters with advanced metering infrastructure. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 262 acre-feet by providing real-time data to...
This $1,019,470 Project Grant, awarded by 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), will fund the Bard Water District's project to concrete line 1,750 feet of the earthen Reservation Main Canal in West Imperial County, California and improve five turnouts and two check structures. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 421 acre-feet that is...
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, a U.S. local government entity, has been awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The total project cost is $1,257,735. The grant will fund the construction of a 37-acre groundwater recharge basin and 1,050 linear feet of pipeline to connect the basin to the district's distribution system. The project aims to enhance drought...