The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, a U.S. local government entity, has been awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The total project cost is $1,257,735. The grant will fund the construction of a 37-acre groundwater recharge basin and 1,050 linear feet of pipeline to connect the basin to the district's distribution system. The project aims to enhance drought...
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 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,684,222 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Cawelo Water District in Bakersfield, CA. The grant funding will support the construction of a 33-acre-foot capacity reservoir, a 24-acre recharge facility, and a pipeline connecting the two facilities. These infrastructure improvements aim to directly help the district's drought resiliency and increase access to groundwater supplies, providing an...
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District received a $1,315,083 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on February 20, 2024. The funding will support the Kimberlina Pipeline Conveyance Improvement Project, which involves installing 1,400 linear feet of pipeline to connect the district's main distribution system to the Kimberlina recharge facility. This project will allow an additional...
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 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 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 North Kern Water Storage District was awarded a $4.14 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct the Return Capacity Improvements Project. The project involves installing three new wells and associated pipelines to integrate them into the District's existing water conveyance network. This will increase the District's ability to recover 3,689 acre-feet per year of water previously banked through...
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 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...