The Fremont Madison Irrigation District (the District) received a $201,777 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) Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the automation of six water control structures and the installation of remote operation and data collection equipment in the District's irrigation system located in eastern Idaho. This project will enable the...
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 a $192,658 Project Grant to the Parks & Lewisville Irrigation Company in Lewisville, Idaho. The funding will be used to install automated headgates at three diversion structures, which will increase the management efficiency of the company's water delivery system and allow for real-time measurement of flows. This...
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 Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $839,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Board of Control for the Triangle Irrigation District and Wood River Valley Irrigation District #45, a U.S. local government entity. The grant will fund a project to improve a diversion dam on the Big Wood River in Bellevue, Idaho. The project will add fish passage and sediment passage structures to the...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $783,962 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to Water District 63 in the state of Idaho. The grant funding will support the expansion of data monitoring and collection efforts to improve water management within the Boise River basin. The project aims to provide real-time access to drain monitoring data and develop hydrologic modeling capabilities that will enable water managers to better evaluate impacts from hydrologic changes...
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 awarded a $8,324,208 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507) to the Sunnydell Irrigation District in Madison County, Idaho. The grant will fund the lining of 6.7 miles of an earthen irrigation canal with high-density polyethylene pipeline and the upgrade of manual headgates to solar-powered electric headgates with water measurement devices. These...
The Chester Canal Company in Idaho received a $129,238 project grant award 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 funding will support installation of a new automated headgate and remote operation equipment on the Chester Canal in partnership with the Fremont Madison Irrigation District. This project will enable more precise management of water deliveries through the canal by...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $500,045 Project Grant to the Salmon River Canal Company (SRCC) under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the piping of 9,790 linear feet of an earthen canal and the replacement of ten electric power pumps with a gravity pressure system for irrigation. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 540 acre-feet by reducing evaporation...
The Pondera County Canal and Reservoir Company in northern Montana was awarded a $496,755 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) program (CFDA 15.507) on August 30, 2023. This funding will enable the company to install a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and flow measurement weirs at two canal headworks locations. It will also automate three gates at the...