Project Grant R24AP00111

The Western States Water Council (WSWC) was awarded a $914,401 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to develop a web-based water conservation tool. This tool will integrate the WESTDAAT system with the OPENET platform to streamline applications for voluntary, compensated water conservation measures across the western United States. The project aims to address data gaps that have hindered effective water conservation and marketing...

The Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) was awarded a $299,700 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557). The grant will fund the implementation of a data warehouse and data management software platform to establish a common data repository for better coordination of water management goals across WMWD's service area. The project will focus on collecting and integrating potable...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $485,800 Project Grant to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to implement the GIS Data Acquisition and Leak Mapping Analysis for Improved Water Management Project. This project will field-verify and collect GPS data to correct spatial inaccuracies in WMWD's existing GIS database, improve data workflow, enhance asset management capabilities, and provide data to support...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $195,757 Project Grant to the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA) located in California. The grant will fund the upgrade of 49 manually read propeller meters with electromagnetic meters and remote read technology on high-production groundwater wells. This project aims to provide PVWMA's water system operators with...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) provides $269,976.40 to the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) to reach out to water use customers, understand their water needs, identify problem areas, set conservation goals, and develop a plan of action. The key objectives are to classify MWDOC's customer base, identify water efficiency measures and best management practices, and implement...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Municipal Water District of Orange County Water Facilities Corporation received a $209,808.84 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP, CFDA 15.530) on October 1, 2025, for completion by September 30, 2027. The Orange County Commercial, Industrial, Institutional (CII) Water Conservation Planning Project Phase II expands upon initial Phase I efforts to develop customized best management practice (BMP)...

The Moulton Niguel Water District in Southern California received a $1,012,996 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 15.507) to replace 2,850 existing water meters with low resolution ultrasonic meters that are compatible with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,735 acre-feet by detecting and reducing...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through its Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530), awarded a $101,348 project grant to the City of Prescott, Arizona to develop a long-term water management plan. The plan will address the city's aging infrastructure, population growth, ongoing drought, and presence of "forever chemicals" in the water supply. Key activities include pre-planning work, the planning process, evaluating water management options, and completing a draft and...

The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) received a $301,256 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to improve water supply forecasting and operational decision-making. The project will incorporate software technology upgrades and algorithm-based strategies to enhance MMWD's water supply operations, which will benefit not only MMWD customers but also other regional water users. Specifically, the project...

The Eureka Water Company (EWC) in La Junta, Colorado received a $223,040 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to upgrade 146 residential water meters with radio-transmission capabilities and associated software. This will allow EWC to quickly identify and repair system anomalies, reducing unaccounted-for-water losses and improving overall system efficiency,...