The Colorado River Indian Tribes will receive $158,165 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to install continuous water flow measurement equipment at six sublateral heading sites and three spill sites on the Colorado River Irrigation Project. The Tribes will leverage this funding to improve data management through integration with their supervisory control and data acquisition...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $25,000,000.00 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, a tribal government and American Indian-owned business located in Parker, Arizona. The grant funding will be used to facilitate broadband deployment and infrastructure investments in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband services. The grant has a performance period from May 9, 2023 to May 9,...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded The Klamath Tribes a $780,000 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The grant will fund two key activities: Implementation of final restoration designs for the Williamson River Drought Resiliency Project at Rocky Ford Ranch. This will help the Tribe develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. Provide funding to the Tribe to complete their NEPA compliance...
This $111,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will assist the Round Valley Indian Tribes in California to develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. The project will involve the tribes meeting with other basin users to prioritize water needs and allocation, as well as developing a groundwater management plan to ensure...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $206,918 Project Grant to the Pueblo of Acoma Inc. for Phase 2 of an irrigation ditch project. The grant was awarded on September 10, 2021 under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) and is to be completed by March 31, 2023. Funds will support continued work by the Pueblo of Acoma tribal government to develop and manage their water resources through the second phase of...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $171,725 Project Grant under the Colorado River Basin Act of 1968 (CFDA 15.541) to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI). The grant supports DRI's efforts to provide accurate and timely estimates of consumptive water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Key objectives include maintaining weather stations, conducting remote sensing studies, developing enhanced methodologies and models for estimating water consumption,...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through its Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), awarded a $330,885 Project Grant to The Great Springs Project, Inc. on June 11, 2025. The grant will support the development of a watershed restoration and access plan for a highly urbanized section of the lower Colorado River around Austin, Texas. The plan will guide the implementation of strategic projects focused on restoration, public access, land development, resource extraction, and...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $397,556 Project Grant to the Tule River Indian Tribal Council under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The funding will assist the Tule River Tribe in developing, managing, and protecting their water and related resources. Key objectives of the 2-year project include completing geotechnical and hydraulic reports, developing design drawings and construction cost estimates, obtaining...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $649,832 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), a non-profit research organization. The funding supports a pilot program to evaluate and apply distributed modeling coupled with enhanced snow products at two operational River Forecast Centers. The project aims to take advantage of advancements in distributed modeling and modeling frameworks to improve water...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519), provides $386,587 to the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley in California. The grant will fund the replacement of two outdated standpipes and two cleanout structures that are integral to the tribe's irrigation water distribution system. This project aims to improve the efficiency,...