Project Grant R23AP00282
- This $19,997,193 project grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a variety of initiatives to increase community resilience to climate change in disadvantaged areas of Tucson and South Tucson, Arizona. The key activities to be undertaken include installing rainwater harvesting systems, planting trees and shrubs, enhancing bus stops, providing energy efficiency assessments...
- The City of San Elizario, Texas was awarded a $148,500 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to establish a municipal rain harvesting system. The funding supports the Soil and Water Conservation program, which aims to provide conservation technical assistance to private landowners, tribes, and other organizations through locally-based conservation professionals. Under this September 13, 2022 award, set to be completed by...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,887,800.58 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District. The grant will fund the installation of low-tech natural infrastructure in the Altar Wash watershed southwest of Tucson, Arizona to slow water flows, improve groundwater infiltration, and create surface water...
- The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $9,594,200 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Arizona Water Co. to address water supply and quality issues in Stanfield, Arizona. The funding will support infrastructure upgrades, including the installation of state-of-the-art water treatment systems, to increase water supply reliability, provide safe drinking water, and improve drought resilience for the community's water...
- The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $154,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) under the Colorado River System Conservation Pilot program (CFDA 15.567). The funding will support the design and construction of the Salt River Project-Central Arizona Project (SRP-CAP) Interconnection Facility. This interconnection will improve regional water system redundancy and flexibility by enabling the delivery...
- This $100,357.60 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support Global Water Resources, Inc. in Maricopa, Arizona to add a turf removal and replacement rebate program for residential and non-residential customers to their existing water conservation program. This project aims to replace turf with water-efficient landscaping to enhance water...
- The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant will fund planning, design, and permitting activities for the Arroyo del Oso Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project. This project aims to increase the Water Authority's capacity for water recharge and storage in the Middle Rio Grande Basin...
- The Maricopa Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District (MSIDD) in Arizona was awarded a $997,136 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to increase water availability by constructing Well SRC-3 and associated piping and appurtenances. This project will boost MSIDD's drought resilience and accelerate its access to groundwater rights and storage credits earned through in-lieu...
- 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 Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,335,961 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to construct a water storage and delivery system in Portola Redwoods State Park, California. The project aims to improve water supply reliability for park visitors while decreasing summer diversions from Peters Creek, which will benefit endangered coho salmon and steelhead populations. Specifically, the grant will fund the...
SONORA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (SERI), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TUCSON WATER (TW), LOCATED IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, WILL EXPAND THE RAINWATER HARVESTING PROGRAM BY PURCHASING AND OVERSEEING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FIFTY 1,500-GALLON CISTERNS FOR ACTIVE RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS AT LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THESE SYSTEMS WILL HELP REDUCE THE USE OF POTABLE WATER FOR IRRIGATION AND HELP INCREASE THE TREE CANOPY IN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE SYSTEMS WILL BE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SERIS LIMITED INCOME RAINWATER HARVESTING GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAM. SINCE 2019, THIS PROGRAM HAS RESULTED IN 2.4 MILLION GALLONS OF RAINWATER STORAGE, AND THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE RAINWATER STORAGE BY 75,000 GALLONS. ACCORDING TO THE TW DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PLAN, RAINWATER HARVESTING IS A SMALL BUT GROWING COMPONENT OF TWS SUPPLY PORTFOLIO.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 5/7/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 7/1/24 | ||
| Not listed | $40.0k | 6/9/23 |