The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504), awarded a $1,524,996 Cooperative Agreement to the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) to develop a feasibility study for constructing a new Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) in San Jose, California. The proposed facility would support Valley Water's goal of meeting at least 10% of the county's total water demands through...
The City of Palo Alto was awarded a $58,196,269 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The purpose of the award is to construct an Advanced Water Purification System (AWPS) at the city's Regional Water Quality Control Plant. The AWPS will use membrane filtration and reverse osmosis to reduce total dissolved solids in the recycled water from 770-1,100 mg/L to 400-500...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $504,736,760 Project Grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The funding will support the development of the Pure Water Southern California (PWSC) program, which aims to recycle wastewater that is currently discharged into the Pacific Ocean and create a drought-resilient water supply for 19 million people, including 6 million living in disadvantaged...
The City of Burbank (CA) Water and Power (BWP) Department received a $400,000 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to conduct a 24-month feasibility study for a new potable reuse facility. The study will assess the feasibility, conduct facility planning, address environmental compliance, complete pre-final design, and engage the community for a new facility that will purify a portion of the city's recycled...
The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $154,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) to design and construct the Salt River Project-Central Arizona Project (SRP-CAP) Interconnection Facility. This project, funded under the Colorado River System Conservation Pilot Program (CFDA 15.567), will improve regional water system redundancy and flexibility in central Arizona. The interconnection facility will allow for the delivery of water...
The Town of Cave Creek, Arizona was awarded a $1,087,402 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) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the conversion of 2,350 outdated water meters to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters, the installation of communications network hardware and towers, upgrades to a new meter data management software system, and...
The Bureau of Reclamation, through its Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504), awarded a $20,030,734.78 Project Grant to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) on May 20, 2024. The grant will fund planning and preliminary design activities for Metropolitan's Pure Water Southern California Program, which aims to beneficially reuse wastewater from the Los Angeles County Sanitation District that is currently being discharged to the...
The Palmdale Water District received a $1,429,340 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation's Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) on May 3, 2024. The funding will support the Palmdale Water District's planning efforts for its Pure Water Antelope Valley project, which aims to utilize 5,325 acre-feet per year of recycled water from the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts' Palmdale Water Reclamation Plant to augment the district's potable water...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's 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). The funding will be used to upgrade AWC's community water system that serves disadvantaged communities in and around the City of Stanfield, Arizona. Specifically, AWC will use state-of-the-art treatment systems to treat up to 500 gallons per minute of groundwater that is contaminated with...
The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District received a $41,401,172 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The funding will support the construction of an Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) to treat tertiary effluent for indirect potable reuse, as well as pipelines to convey source water, purified water, and reverse osmosis concentrate. This project, known as the...