This $3,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides funding to the City of Aurora, Colorado to implement a project to replace and upgrade approximately 13,260 feet of aging drinking water transmission pipelines. The project aims to prevent contamination, leaks, and breaks in the water distribution system, and improve service to the North Aurora and Del Mar Parkway...
The Town of Crawford in Colorado received a $551,700 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) to rebuild the Wiley Spring Collection System that supplies potable water to approximately 950 residents. The aging and failing system has experienced a 40% decline in water production due to drought and system failures, compromising the town's sole water source. The grant funding...
The Union Water Supply Corporation (UWSC) in southern Texas received a $9,411,120 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 funding will enable UWSC to complete planning, design, and construction of a new groundwater well and treatment plant. This project will significantly increase the overall resiliency of UWSC's water system and allow the utility to reduce its...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $390,370 project grant to the South Tahoe Public Utility District under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The project aims to optimize and enhance the district's existing water use data and technology by creating decision support tools to aid in the development of methodologies for implementing future water budgets for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional water users....
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 City of Springfield, Oregon was awarded a $8,756,595.00 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 be used to upgrade the city's existing water infrastructure, including improvements to water filtering, disinfection, and storage capabilities, as well as the addition of pumping and distribution capacity to produce Class A recycled water for public works and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,579,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Town of Cheraw in Otero County, Colorado. The grant funds will be used to install 286 smart water meters across the town and four nearby communities. This investment is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 20 acre-feet, reducing the need for groundwater pumping and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $20,935,318 Project Grant to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a stormwater capture project in Los Angeles, including a storm drain diversion, hydrodynamic separator, and subterranean infiltration gallery. This project is expected to add an estimated 136 acre-feet per year to local...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $9,594,200 Project Grant to the Arizona Water Company (AWC) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to address water supply and contaminant issues in the Stanfield, Arizona community. AWC will use state-of-the-art treatment systems to treat up to 500 gallons per minute of groundwater contaminated with high levels of nitrate and arsenic, enabling them to provide safe drinking water and increase water supply reliability....
The City of Big Bear Lake Department of Water and Power received a $5,038,552 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program. Funding will support construction of additional water storage infrastructure including a new reservoir, booster pump station, and conveyance pipelines. This aims to enhance the City's water supply resiliency by allowing storage of nearly 5.7 million gallons of its needed...