Project Grant R23AP00248
- 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 $4,511,673 project grant to the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) located in California's Central Valley. The funding will enable TID's Civil Engineering Division to improve and automate five drop structures on the district's main canal. This project involves modifying the drop structures, installing new automated gates, and...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,765,371.00 Project Grant to the Lower Tule River Irrigation District and Pixley Irrigation District in central California under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the installation of 742 automated magnetic smart meters along 320 miles of open canals within the two districts. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 10,621...
- The Sutter Mutual Water Company will implement a series of upgrades to its water distribution system under a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. Funded through September 2025, the project aims to install automated gates and variable speed drives on motors to better control water flow and delivery. A new supervisory control and data acquisition system will also allow centralized monitoring and controls. These system improvements...
- The Yuba County Water Agency and Browns Valley Irrigation District will convert 9.3 miles of open ditch to 9.6 miles of pipeline under a $4,011,154 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program. The existing Sicard Flat Ditch is constructed directly in blasted rock, making it porous and prone to leaks. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,880 acre-feet currently lost to seepage, which will be stored in Collins Lake...
- The Western Canal Water District in Butte County, California, received a $557,198 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) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the completion of a comprehensive final design package for the installation of a fully automated gate structure to better manage critical water resources in the Feather River and Butte Creek watersheds. The automation...
- 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 Columbia Irrigation District in Kennewick, Washington was awarded a $151,730.73 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507). The funding will support the installation of four automated integrated flow measurement gates on Canal 2 and integrate them into the district's existing supervisory control and data acquisition system. This project aims to automate the...
- 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $884,600 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Hallwood Irrigation Company, a non-profit organization based in Marysville, California. The grant funding will support Flow Control Automation Upgrades to the organization's water infrastructure and management systems. Key objectives include minimizing water loss, improving water diversion...
- The Stockton East Water District in California received a $2,046,465 federal 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) to construct a flow measurement flume and pipe 777 feet of an earthen canal. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 10,865 acre-feet, which will be stored in the New Melones Reservoir to address water shortages...
THE TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) IS PROPOSING TO MODIFY THE WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE AT THE END OF ITS LATERAL 6 CANAL. THE EXISTING FACILITY IS MORE THAN 80 YEARS OLD AND STILL UTILIZES TECHNOLOGY FROM THAT TIME PERIOD IN THE FORM OF WOODEN WEIR BOARDS AND A MEIKLE AUTOMATIC RADIAL GATE. MEIKLE AUTOMATIC GATES WERE INVENTED AND PATENTED BY A FORMER DISTRICT ENGINEER, AND WERE ONCE AN EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE DEVICE. THEY UTILIZED BUOYANCY AND A COUNTERWEIGHT SYSTEM TO OPEN A GATE WHEN WATER IN THE CANAL ROSE ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL. WHILE THESE DEVICES WERE PIONEERING, THE GATES WERE DESIGNED TO PRIORITIZE CANAL WATER LEVELS AND IRRIGATION SERVICE OVER WATER CONSERVATION. DUE TO THIS FACT AND A LACK OF REMOTE MONITORING OR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY, THEY HAVE BECOME AN OUTDATED SYSTEM. THE LATERAL 6 STRUCTURE CURRENTLY LOSES SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WATER FROM OUR CANAL SYSTEM, WHICH PASSES UNUSED INTO THE DISTRICTS NIELSON DRAIN. THE DISTRICT IS PROPOSING TO MODERNIZE THE EXISTING FACILITY BY INSTALLING A CONTEMPORARY RUBICON FLUME GATE SYSTEM. RUBICON FLUME GATES ARE MECHANIZED OVERSHOT GATES THAT CAN BE REMOTELY MONITORED AND ADJUSTED THROUGH THE DISTRICTS EXISTING SCADA CONTROL NETWORK, ALLOWING THE CANAL OPERATOR TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AT THE END OF THE CANAL. THESE RUBICON GATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN FOUND TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE WATER CONSERVATION AND PROVIDE SUPERIOR METHODS OF MANAGING WATER. BASED ON MEASURED WATER LOSSES THROUGH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE DURING OPERATION, THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES THAT THE NEW RUBICON FACILITY WILL SAVE AT LEAST 150 AF OF IRRIGATION WATER PER YEAR.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 7/26/24 | ||
| Not listed | $57.8k | 6/15/23 |