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 Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) of Riverside County, California was awarded a $777,226 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) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The purpose of the grant is for WMWD to design a new well for their Arlington Desalter System, which will help stabilize groundwater levels and maximize water pumping to the desalter. This project aims to reduce...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $7,820,257 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCVWA) in California. The grant will fund Phase II of SCVWA's Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, which aims to upgrade 32,163 water meters with advanced metering technology. This project supports SCVWA's efforts to improve water conservation, efficiency,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $843,093 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Monte Vista Water District in San Bernardino County, California. The grant will fund the replacement of 1,400 manually read water meters with advanced metering infrastructure. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 262 acre-feet by providing real-time data to...
The Rubidoux Community Service District in California was awarded a $3,346,653 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program on November 30, 2023. The grant will fund the conversion of 6,386 manual-read water meters to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters, the implementation of an online customer portal system, and a water conservation outreach campaign. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of...
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 San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District was awarded a $2,007,600 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) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funds will be used to design improvements to convey local stormwater and imported water from the California Department of Water Resources State Water Project to a series of recharge basins in the City of San Bernardino,...
The Jurupa Community Services District in Riverside County, California received a $21,196,017 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 funding will enable the district to install 33,447 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and associated network equipment across its service area. This project is expected to result in annual water savings...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,224,295 project grant to the Desert Water Agency, a local government entity in southern California. This grant, funded through the Bureau's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support the final phase of the agency's Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation project. Specifically, the grant will enable the Desert Water Agency to equip the remaining 205 meters...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation Field Services Program (CFDA 15.530) will provide $550,000 to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) to develop the Murrieta System Optimization Review (SOR). The SOR will examine WMWD's water supply sources, assess water quality parameters, analyze imported water availability, and identify potential improvements to the water supply system. This...