Project Grant R23AP00519
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California a $504,736,760 grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to develop the Pure Water Southern California (PWSC) program. The PWSC program aims to improve water efficiency, provide flexibility during water shortages, and diversify the water supply by beneficially reusing wastewater that is currently discharged to the Pacific Ocean. Key...
- The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to the Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) of Riverside County, California. The grant will support a comprehensive water reuse feasibility study aimed at bolstering local groundwater supplies and fortifying regional water supply reliability in the drought-prone Southern California region. The study will take a holistic approach to examining the water reuse...
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) received a $32,942,618 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) on April 14, 2025. The funding will enable MWD to construct an intertie at the existing Foothill Pump Station along the Rialto Pipeline in East Highland, California. This project will allow MWD to provide water from the Colorado River Aqueduct and...
- The City of Los Angeles has received a $20,100,388 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). This grant will fund the first phase of the City's Hyperion 2035 strategy, which aims to reduce the city's reliance on imported water sources and increase local water supply reliability through advanced water recycling infrastructure. The key activities under this Phase 1 project include...
- 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 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 San Benito County Water District (SBCWD) is implementing the Accelerated Drought Response Project (ADROP), which is the first phase of the North San Benito Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project. ADROP is funded by a $51,195,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) under the Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects program (CFDA 15.074). The project will provide for the injection and storage of up to 2,700 acre-feet per year of treated Central Valley...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $387,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Stockton East Water District in San Joaquin County, California. The grant will fund the design of a pipeline to improve drought resiliency and groundwater reliability by providing an alternative surface water source to agricultural users currently relying on groundwater pumping. This project is...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) a $20,935,318 project grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a stormwater capture project in Los Angeles, consisting of a storm drain diversion, hydrodynamic separator, and subterranean infiltration gallery. This project is expected to add an estimated 136 acre-feet per year to local...
- 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...
THE GROUNDWATER RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RECYCLED WATER PROJECT, HEREIN REFERRED TO AS GRIP, IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE RECIPIENTS EFFORT TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE FROM IMPORTED WATER FOR GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT. THE PROJECTS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR CONSTRUCTION WAS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND THE PROJECT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 2019. GRIP INTRODUCES A NEW, LOCAL, DROUGHT-PROOF, HIGH-QUALITY ADVANCED TREATED WATER SOURCE INTO ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY URBANIZED GROUNDWATER BASINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH SERVES MORE THAN FOUR MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS 43 CITIES.THE ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT FACILITY (AWTF) PRODUCES ADVANCED TREATED RECYCLED WATER THAT IS COMBINED WITH TERTIARY TREATED RECYCLED WATER PURCHASED BY THE RECIPIENT FROM THE SANITATION DISTRICTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (LACSD). THIS BLENDED WATER IS APPLIED TO THE MONTEBELLO FOREBAY SPREADING GROUNDS, AN AREA WITH HIGHLY PERMEABLE SOILS THAT ALLOWS DEEP PERCOLATION OF SURFACE WATER. SEASONALLY IN FUTURE OPERATIONS, SOME ADVANCED TREATED WATER WILL BE INJECTED INTO THE AQUIFER FOR STORAGE, USING THE THREE INJECTION WELLS LOCATED AT THE FACILITY. CURRENTLY, WATER SUPPLIES IMPORTED BY METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT (MWD) ORIGINATE IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA (DELTA) AND ARE DELIVERED THROUGH THE STATE WATER PROJECT. AT TIMES, THE COLORADO RIVER ALSO CONTRIBUTES A PORTION OF THE IMPORTED WATER SUPPLY. GRIP ELIMINATES THE RECIPIENTS USE OF IMPORTED WATER FOR GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL BASIN.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 3/21/24 | ||
| Not listed | ($4m) | 3/14/24 | ||
| Not listed | $15.5m | 9/15/23 |