This project is located in southwestern idaho, ADA, and canyon counties

The Bureau of Reclamation, under its Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557), awarded a $783,962 project grant to Water District 63 in Idaho to expand water data monitoring and collection within the Boise River basin. The project aims to improve water management and avoid shortages by providing real-time access to drain monitoring data and developing hydrologic modeling capabilities. This will inform infrastructure and operational changes needed to support sustainable water delivery in the changing watershed. The grant, awarded on February 4, 2025, supports the project's completion by December 31, 2026. The project involves collaboration with various water stakeholders in the region.

Water district 63, the entity responsible for managing and administering water delivery on the boise river, will expand data monitoring and collection to improve water management within the drains and avoid water shortages within the boise river basin. The collected drain monitoring data will be made available to water managers and the public on a real-time basis through an online dashboard, along with hydrologic modeling that will be developed so water managers can use IT to evaluate impacts from hydrologic changes. These models will inform needs for both changes in practice and additional infrastructure to support sustainable delivery of water in the changing watershed. With improved monitoring data, analytics, and forecasting on tributary flows to the boise river, water district 63 believes that better management will avoid water supply shortage and associated conflicts. The entities and stakeholders with whom this project has been discussed and developed includes water users associations, a watershed council, counties, cities, state agencies, irrigation districts, an advisory committee, and a power company.