The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Boise Project Board of Control a $7,260,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to replace 5,230 linear feet (1 mile) of canal lining on the New York Canal in Boise, Idaho. This project aims to increase water conservation, efficiency, and reliability by reducing seepage losses from the existing concrete and asphalt-lined canal. The key activities include removing the existing...
This $224,767 Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program will fund the Headgate Automation and Irrigation Flow Measurement Projects for the Idaho Irrigation District in Bonneville County, Idaho. The key activities include automating three existing headgates, building and automating one additional headgate, adding five Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) measuring and logging stations to...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $783,962 Project Grant under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to Water District 63 in the state of Idaho. The grant funding will support the expansion of data monitoring and collection efforts to improve water management within the Boise River basin. The project aims to provide real-time access to drain monitoring data and develop hydrologic modeling capabilities that will enable water managers to better evaluate impacts from hydrologic changes...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $192,658 Project Grant to the Parks & Lewisville Irrigation Company in Lewisville, Idaho. The funding will be used to install automated headgates at three diversion structures, which will increase the management efficiency of the company's water delivery system and allow for real-time measurement of flows. This...
The Columbia Irrigation District in Kennewick, Washington was awarded a $151,730.73 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507). The funding will support the installation of four automated integrated flow measurement gates on Canal 2 and integrate them into the district's existing supervisory control and data acquisition system. This project aims to automate the...
The Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District (QCBID) was awarded a $156,400 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 grant funding will support the installation of two automated and integrated flow measurement control gates at the headgate of the W39.9 lateral in central Washington. This automation will allow for near-instantaneous operational...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $186,516.74 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Black Canyon Irrigation District in Notus, Idaho. The grant funding will be used to install 15 water meters along the Black Canyon Main Canal to collect data on water use and optimize water deliveries, thereby increasing water use efficiency. This project is expected to help the district better...
The Malad Valley Water Measurement District in southern Idaho was awarded a $727,032 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program to install advanced water measurement devices and control valves. Under the grant, the District will install 135 water measurement devices on individual groundwater diversions and control valves on 15 flowing artesian irrigation wells and 3 open-channel measuring devices. The WaterSMART program, funded through the...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $839,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Board of Control for the Triangle Irrigation District and Wood River Valley Irrigation District #45, a U.S. local government entity. The grant will fund a project to improve a diversion dam on the Big Wood River in Bellevue, Idaho. The project will add fish passage and sediment passage structures to the...
The Fremont Madison Irrigation District (the District) received a $201,777 Project Grant award 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 grant will fund the automation of six water control structures and the installation of remote operation and data collection equipment in the District's irrigation system located in eastern Idaho. This project will enable the...