The city of santa rosa city, located within cameron county, texas, must rely on a local irrigation district to deliver IT domestic water supplies from the RIO grande river

The City of Santa Rosa, Texas was awarded a $9,503,500 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). The grant, awarded on January 2, 2025, will fund the construction of a 1-million-gallon ground storage tank, a 0.5-million-gallon elevated storage tank, a 7-day storage raw water reservoir at the city's water treatment plant, and an emergency interconnection with a neighboring water supplier. This project aims to enhance water supply reliability and drought resilience for the city's 2,873 residents, who currently rely on an irrigation canal that has run dry, causing water supply emergencies. The grant award will help the City of Santa Rosa establish adequate water storage and emergency backup capabilities to mitigate future drought-related disruptions to the city's domestic water supply.

The citys water is conveyed via an irrigation canal running adjacent to the citys water treatment plant. Since there is no agricultural irrigation demand this canal branch, all water supplied to the city comes with the necessity of using push water that is the responsibility of the city. As recently as late october 2023, the canal ran dry and caused a state of emergency within city as the city has no practical water storage and no emergency interconnections to other entities for potable water. The city will install a onemilliongallon ground storage tank, a 0.5MILLIONGALLON elevated storage tank, a 7DAY storage raw water reservoir at their water treatment plant, and an emergency interconnection with neighboring water supplier. The project will help provide drinking water to the citys 2,873 residents.selected through notice of funding opportunity no. R24AS00007