The Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley was awarded a $5,918,760 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 project aims to construct infrastructure and efficiency improvements to a feeder canal, discharge pipes, and a pumping plant. Key activities include building reinforced isolation bays on the headwall and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,700,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the United Irrigation District located in Hidalgo County, Texas. The grant funding will support the installation of seven flow control and metering gates and four flow control gates on the Bryan Canal, which provides water to the cities of Mission and McAllen, Texas, and the Sharyland Water...
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 Union Water Supply Corporation (UWSC) in southern Texas received a $9,411,120 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The funding will enable UWSC to complete planning, design, and construction of a new groundwater well and treatment plant. This project will significantly increase the overall resiliency of UWSC's water system and allow the utility to reduce its...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,437,963.60 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Texas Water Development Board. The grant, which runs from March 2025 to February 2028, will support the development and implementation of forecast-informed reservoir operations (FIRO) strategies in multi-purpose reservoirs across Texas. This will enable reservoir operators to improve water supply reliability by harnessing FIRO techniques,...
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 La Feria Irrigation District #3 in Cameron County, Texas was awarded a $351,621 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 will fund the development of a comprehensive water management strategy to address ongoing water shortfalls in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region. Through this planning effort, the district will conduct...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $211,051 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the La Feria Irrigation District #3 in Cameron County, Texas. The grant funds the installation of a solar-powered Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) telemetry system at 10 spillway sites to monitor water flow, manage discharges, and reduce water lost to operational spills. This technology...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,133,442 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507) to the Cameron County Irrigation District #2 in Texas. The project will convert 5,207 linear feet of unlined open canal to a buried polyvinyl chloride pipeline, which is expected to result in annual water savings of 390 acre-feet currently lost to evaporation and seepage. This will decrease...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $390,370 project grant to the South Tahoe Public Utility District under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The project aims to optimize and enhance the district's existing water use data and technology by creating decision support tools to aid in the development of methodologies for implementing future water budgets for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional water users....