Project Grant R23AP00377
- The Stockton East Water District in San Joaquin County, California received a $387,000 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 funding will support the design of a pipeline infrastructure project to improve drought resiliency and groundwater reliability in the region by providing an alternative surface water source to agricultural users currently relying on...
- The Turlock Irrigation District will receive $7.93 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 38-acre regulating reservoir. The reservoir will capture operational spills from water delivery canals during periods of excess supply and return the stored flows to canals during times of water shortages. This project aims to improve water management of 10,000...
- 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...
- The Fresno Irrigation District (the District) received a $6,000,000 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 District's efforts to expand an existing 24-acre groundwater recharge basin and construct an additional 20-acre basin. This project is expected to recharge approximately 792 acre-feet of flood and stormwater annually, which will help restore...
- This 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), will provide $4,344,936.00 to the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District to construct the Driver Road Pipeline. The key components of this project include: Installing PVC pipeline and connecting it to three existing turnouts along the conveyance system to add capacity for delivering wet year surface water supplies to an...
- 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...
- 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 Kern Tulare Water District (KTWD) was awarded a $4,012,136 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 grant, awarded on July 31, 2025, will fund the construction of a new well and over 8,000 linear feet of pipeline to establish a water banking return system in Bakersfield, CA. This project will enhance KTWD's ability to bank surface water supplies during wet years 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 Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management Collaborative, in partnership with the Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District, received a $155,363 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to update their existing regional water management plan. The goal of this project is to increase water supply sustainability through investment in local infrastructure across the 2,700 square mile region on the western slope of...
THE PORTERVILLE IRRIGATION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) WILL CONSTRUCT THE NORTHWEST SERVICE AREA PROJECT THAT INCLUDES A SURFACE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO SERVE 675 ACRES IN THE DISTRICT THAT CURRENTLY ONLY HAS ACCESS TO GROUNDWATER. THE DISTRICT WILL CONSTRUCT A PIPELINE ALONG THE ROAD 196 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE LOWER TULE RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT 4 CANAL AND AVENUE 176 NORTH OF THE TULE RIVER IN TULARE COUNTY, NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE. THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT, THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO USE AND CAPTURE ADDITIONAL CONTRACT AND WET YEAR WATER SUPPLIES TO SUPPLY WATER TO GROWERS, ENHANCING ITS CURRENT CONJUNCTIVE USE PROGRAM AND PROVIDING THE CAPABILITY FOR IN-LIEU GROUNDWATER RECHARGE. APPROXIMATELY 840 ACRE-FEET PER YEAR OF WATER WILL BE BETTER MANAGED AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT. LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, THE DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE TULE RIVER BASIN INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 11/21/25 | ||
| Not listed | $460.9k | 7/10/23 |