Project Grant R23AP00341

County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County received a $7.523 million Project Grant award on September 1, 2025, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), administered by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. The project, designated as FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending, will construct, install, operate, and maintain a biogas conditioning system (BCS) capable of upgrading up to 1,440 standard cubic feet per minute...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), will fund the installation of a manganese dioxide filtration system with pre-oxidation at Pump Station 345-1 in Fresno, California. The $1,468,904 award, with a performance period from January 17, 2025 to December 30, 2027, will allow the City of Fresno to remove elevated levels of iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide from...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Kern Tulare Water District (KTWD) a $4.01 million Project Grant on July 31, 2025, under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Program (CFDA 15.514) to construct water banking infrastructure in Bakersfield, California. The project deliverables include drilling and equipping a new well, installing over 8,000 linear feet of pipeline to the Friant Kern Canal, and integrating an existing well into the recovery network. Upon completion by May 31, 2028, the...

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), awarded a $195,757 Project Grant to the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA) located in California. The grant will fund the upgrade of 49 manually read propeller meters with electromagnetic meters and remote read technology on high-production groundwater wells. This project aims to provide PVWMA's water system operators with...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded $1.15M through the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to Tulare County Resource Management Agency on April 1, 2026, to design and construct a replacement domestic groundwater well for the Woodville Public Utility District. The project deliverables include completion of engineering planning, design, and well inspection services (Task 1); construction and implementation of a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The City of Beverly Hills received $959,752 in full federal funding through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to design and construct two new municipal-supply groundwater wells at La Cienega Park. The award, issued April 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2029, directly supports the city's drinking water infrastructure objectives as designated in the 2024...

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Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded the City of Chino a $2.0 million Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) effective May 27, 2025, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2027. This award funds the design, environmental assessment, engineering support, and construction of a centralized groundwater treatment plant to reactivate Wells 12 and 14. The project deliverables...

The Fresno Irrigation District (the District) received a $200,000 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). The grant will provide financial incentives to landowners within the District's service area to install meters on 20 existing groundwater wells. This project will generate water use data from irrigation wells, enabling landowners to better manage...

Under this $8,162,928 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), the North Kern Water Storage District (NKWSD) will drill and equip a 6 cubic feet per second (CFS) groundwater well, and connect it to the Friant-Kern Canal through a discharge pipeline. This project will enable the conveyance and return of 1,999 acre-feet per year of previously stored water to downstream...