The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $8,162,928 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the North Kern Water Storage District near Bakersfield, California. The grant will fund the drilling and equipping of a new 6 cubic feet per second groundwater well, the installation of a pipeline to connect the well to the Friant-Kern Canal, and the construction of a discharge into the canal. This project will enable the...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $8,487,181 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District (SWID) in Kern County, California. The grant will fund the construction of a 112-acre groundwater recharge facility that will store excess flood water from the Kern River and Central Valley Project for later beneficial use during dry periods. This project aims to increase SWID's annual water supply by 7,726 acre-feet,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514), awarded a $4,384,344 project grant to the Pixley Irrigation District in California to construct 5.5 miles of new canals as part of the Lateral 4 Expansion Project. This infrastructure project will allow the district to recharge groundwater and deliver surface water, reducing reliance on overdrafted groundwater in the region. The project is expected to...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Semitropic Water Storage District Irrigation Water System Financing Corporation a $3 million Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program. The grant will fund construction of a subsurface recharge facility including an earthen reservoir, filtration system, metered connection to record water deliveries, buried infiltration gallery of perforated and solid pipelines, and a dedicated monitoring system. The project aims to increase...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the City of San Buenaventura (Ventura, CA) a $16,592,500 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 4.3-mile pipeline connecting the city to the Calleguas Municipal Water District. This project will enable the city to access its existing State Water Project allocation, improving the city's drought resiliency by providing access to an additional 5,400 acre-feet of water per year. The project aims to...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Porterville Irrigation District (District) a $923,033 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, the District will construct a surface water distribution system to serve 675 acres in its service area that currently only has access to groundwater. The project includes building a pipeline along Road 196 to connect the Lower Tule River Irrigation District 4...
The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District received a $2,707,038 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to implement the Cactus Basins Connector Pipeline Project. This project will connect the Cactus Basins to the State Water Project, allowing for up to an additional 6,904 acre-feet per year of groundwater recharge in the severely depleted groundwater basin. The project...
The Turlock Irrigation District will receive $7.93 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct a 38-acre regulating reservoir. The reservoir will capture operational spills from water delivery canals during periods of excess supply and return the stored flows to canals during times of water shortages. This project aims to improve water management of 10,000...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,029,000 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the City of Big Bear Lake's Department of Water and Power. The grant funding will be used to equip a new well pumping plant at Division Well No. 9, which will provide an additional 400 acre-feet water source and improve the city's drought resilience and water system operational efficiency. This project will enable the city...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $20,935,318 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). This grant will fund the construction of a stormwater capture project that includes a storm drain diversion, hydrodynamic separator, and subterranean infiltration gallery. The project is expected to add an estimated 136 acre-feet per year to local groundwater...