This $224,767 Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program will fund the Headgate Automation and Irrigation Flow Measurement Projects for the Idaho Irrigation District in Bonneville County, Idaho. The key activities include automating three existing headgates, building and automating one additional headgate, adding five Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) measuring and logging stations to...
The City of Idaho Falls received a $2,500,000 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) Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the installation of 250 water meters at commercial properties within the city to measure potable water use. This metering project is expected to result in annual water savings of 595 acre-feet, which will help reduce groundwater pumping....
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $407,272 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project Board of Control in Sidney, MT. The funding will be used to replace the existing 200-horsepower pump at the Thomas Point Pumping Plant with a new primary pump with a variable frequency drive, motor, switchgear, and remote monitoring and control system. This is expected to result in annual water...
<p>The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $217,695 WaterSMART program grant (CFDA 15.507) to Big Wood Canal Company, doing business as American Falls Reservoir District No 2, to line approximately 1 mile of open canal and install monitoring and automated control systems at 4 sites. These improvements are expected to result in annual water savings of 813 acre-feet. The project period is from September 8, 2023 to June 30, 2024.</p>
This $204,454 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Recreation Resources Management (CFDA 15.524) program will enable the County of Power, Idaho to maintain and operate the American Falls Reservoir recreation area. The funding will cover labor, supplies, equipment, and routine maintenance and repairs to sustain public access and enjoyment of the site, including tasks such as parking area upkeep, weed control, picnic area maintenance, vault...
The North Side Pumping Company received a $4,024,566 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA #15.507). The grant funds will support decommissioning two outdated pumping plants from the 1920s and installing approximately 25 new high-efficiency pump stations equipped with variable frequency drives and flow meters connected to existing on-farm irrigation...
The City of Highland, Utah will install 4,253 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and retrofit 250 existing meters with AMI capabilities under a $8.415 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. The grant funding supports the City's project to implement AMI on unmetered pressurized irrigation connections and existing meters for residential, commercial, and institutional customers. The project aims to save an estimated 2,100 acre-feet of water...
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's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $192,658 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507) to the Parks & Lewisville Irrigation Company located in Lewisville, Idaho. The funding will support the installation of automated headgates at three diversion structures, which will increase the management efficiency of the irrigation system and allow for real-time measurement of water...
The Malad Valley Water Measurement District in southern Idaho was awarded a $727,032 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program to install advanced water measurement devices and control valves. Under the grant, the District will install 135 water measurement devices on individual groundwater diversions and control valves on 15 flowing artesian irrigation wells and 3 open-channel measuring devices. The WaterSMART program, funded through the...