The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,817,400 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the MNI Waste' Water Company, a tribally owned, minority-owned utility on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe reservation in South Dakota. The grant will fund the construction of water distribution pipelines and residential connections to provide clean, reliable drinking water to 37 homes in a rural area northwest of Eagle Butte that currently relies on...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2.4 million Project Grant to Web Water Development Association, Inc. on December 27, 2022 under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA #10.760). The grant will support the delivery of domestic water services in South Dakota. The Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program aims to provide loan and grant funding for water and waste projects serving financially needy rural...
The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District (WBWCD) in Utah received a $7,601,286 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, WBWCD will construct a new outlet delivery conduit through an earthen dam, install a new water delivery conduit, and establish a 33.3 kW solar array at their Weber South Water Treatment Plant. These infrastructure upgrades will provide...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $200,013 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Southeast Water Users District (SWUD) located in southeast North Dakota. The grant will fund the installation of 1,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) nodes on the district's existing manual read water meters to automate water use metering. The AMI nodes will provide SWUD with real-time data...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $81,964,003 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Shell Valley Watershed Improvement District in Greybull, WY. The grant, awarded on February 13, 2025, will fund the Leavitt Reservoir Expansion project, which aims to enhance water supply reliability, improve water management flexibility, and mitigate the impacts of prolonged drought conditions on agricultural,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,209,787 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the City of Yakima, Washington. The grant will fund the construction of domestic water and sanitary sewer infrastructure to connect 85 residential properties in two disadvantaged and underserved areas of the city that currently rely on shallow wells and septic systems, which pose public health risks due to potential water...
The federal Project Grant award of $489,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant funding supports the Aurora-Brule Rural Water System Inc., a not-for-profit organization based in Kimball, South Dakota, in developing and improving critical water infrastructure to serve rural communities. The award has a performance period of two years, from February 2025...
The Belle Fourche Irrigation District in South Dakota has received a $222,649.02 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the conversion of 3,600 feet of unlined irrigation canal lateral into a buried polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipeline. This project aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of the District's water delivery system and...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $9,411,120 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Union Water Supply Corporation (UWSC), a non-profit utility provider in Starr County, Texas. The grant will fund the planning, design, and construction of a new groundwater well and treatment plant, which will significantly increase the overall resiliency of UWSC's water system and enable the organization to reduce its reliance on leased surface water...
This $150,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (CFDA 10.763) program. The funding will support the City of Lead, South Dakota in addressing a significant decline in the quantity or quality of water due to an emergency event. Specifically, the grant will be used for infrastructure repairs, system upgrades, temporary water distribution services, and other emergency water-related...