The Bilbrey Ditch Company, located in western Idaho, received a $137,098.71 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). This grant will fund the automation of one headgate and two check structures on the company's main irrigation canal. The automation project aims to improve operational efficiency by reducing manual labor, shortening response times, and...
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 Parks and Lewisville Irrigation Company (the Company) in Jefferson County, Idaho, was awarded a $192,658 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) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funding will be used to install 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded $183,914.60 to the Carlsbad Irrigation District in Carlsbad, New Mexico on September 17, 2024. The funding will be used to line 2,000 feet of the district's main canal to improve overall canal efficiencies and reduce excessive seepage. This project is expected to conserve water, increase water supply reliability for...
The Columbia Irrigation District in Kennewick, Washington was awarded a $151,730.73 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507). The funding will support the installation of four automated integrated flow measurement gates on Canal 2 and integrate them into the district's existing supervisory control and data acquisition system. This project aims to automate the...
The Columbia Irrigation District received a $152,602 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program. The grant will support the END OF CANAL SYSTEM AUTOMATION & MEASUREMENT project to automate and install water measurement equipment in the District's canal system. The WaterSMART program aims to leverage federal funding to support water sustainability projects including those that...
The Greenfields Irrigation District located in Teton County, Montana received a $9,247,427 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) program. The grant will fund the replacement of three aging irrigation drop structures with new steel penstocks, as well as the installation of 3,800 kilowatts of hydropower turbine capacity at two of the sites. This work is expected to result in 6,655 acre-feet of annual water savings by reducing...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507), has awarded a $8,324,208 project grant to the Sunnydell Irrigation District in Madison County, Idaho. The funding will be used to line 6.7 miles of an earthen irrigation canal with high-density polyethylene pipeline and upgrade manual headgates to solar-powered electric headgates with water measurement devices. These infrastructure...
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 Paradise Valley Irrigation District in Blaine County, Montana received a $580,612 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 fund the conversion of the remaining one mile of the Hillside Ditch, an open irrigation canal, to a buried pipeline. This conversion is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,275 acre-feet that are currently...