The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $210,870 Project Grant to the Van Brimmer Ditch Company (VDBC) in Klamath County, Oregon under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). This grant will fund the conversion of approximately 1,000 feet of the open, unlined VDBC canal to a 60-inch high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping system. The project will include constructing a concrete headwall, service box, and other necessary...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Salmon River Canal Co LTD, a non-profit organization in Twin Falls, Idaho, a $244,790.02 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the conversion of 9,170 linear feet of open earthen canal to a buried polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipeline on Lateral 1723, the installation of headgate automation on Lateral 12, and the...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $6,889,533 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Deschutes River Conservancy, a non-profit organization in Bend, Oregon. The grant will fund improvements to the Deutsch Domestic Water Company's municipal and irrigation water system in western Colorado, including replacing 150 manual-read meters with advanced metering infrastructure, implementing...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Salmon River Canal Co LTD a $500,045 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the company's project to pipe 9,790 linear feet of an earthen canal and replace ten electric power pumps with a gravity pressure system for irrigation in Twin Falls County, Idaho. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 540 acre-feet by...
The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District received a $1,284,657 Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on October 25, 2023. The grant will fund the conversion of 24,483 feet of earthen irrigation canals to polyvinyl chloride pipelines. This infrastructure improvement project is expected to result in annual water savings of 290 acre-feet, which will be used to offset groundwater pumping and...
The Lovell Irrigation District was awarded a $1,445,740 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The District will convert 11,067 feet of open earthen canal to buried pressurized polyvinyl chloride pipe. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,663 acre-feet by reducing seepage, evaporation, and evapotranspiration losses. Conserved water will...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,265,585 Project Grant to the Co-op Farm Irrigation Company under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the conversion of 20,800 feet of existing earthen and concrete-lined irrigation ditches to high-density polyethylene pipe. The piped system will include a flow meter, individual user meters, and a 15-horsepower pump. The project will also install an 11.8-kilowatt solar...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,084,852 grant to the Enterprize Canal Company, Ltd. under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). Through this Project Grant, the Enterprize Canal Company will convert 3,613 linear feet of two 63-inch pipes along a historical canal alignment and install solar-powered automated headgates and measurement devices. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 7,721 acre-feet by reducing...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507), has awarded a $1,133,442 project grant to the Cameron County Irrigation District #2 in Texas. The funding will support the conversion of 5,207 linear feet of unlined open canal in Lateral 15 to a buried polyvinyl chloride pipeline. This infrastructure upgrade is expected to result in annual water savings of 390 acre-feet by...
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...