Project Grant R25AP00578
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Palmdale Water District (PWD) received a $9.67 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on January 23, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2028. The award funds construction of a groundwater well and conveyance pipeline infrastructure project designed to extract approximately 1,936 acre-feet per year of PWD's adjudicated groundwater rights during dry periods. This...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Fresno Irrigation District a $10 million Project Grant on September 12, 2025, under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to enhance water management flexibility and drought resilience in California's Central Valley. The award funds the construction of two recharge basins designed to increase groundwater recharge capacity and improve water supply reliability in response to regional drought conditions...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority received a $2.79 million project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program (CFDA 66.448), awarded on June 30, 2025. The grant funds the planning, design, permitting, and implementation of a sustainable potable water source project intended to enhance the drinking water system resilience of the Indian Wells Valley...
- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California received a $32,942,618 Project Grant award on April 14, 2025 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 will fund the construction of an intertie at the existing Foothill Pump Station along the Rialto Pipeline in East Highland, California. This project will enable the Metropolitan Water District to provide water from the Colorado...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,260,788 WaterSMART Project Grant (CFDA 15.507) to the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District located in southwestern Riverside County and eastern Orange County, California. The grant funding will support the design of the rehabilitation and replacement of the Corydon Well, including a new well and intertie infrastructure at the existing Corydon Blend Station and transmission main. This project, which has a performance...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District received a $4.6 million Project Grant award dated June 25, 2025, from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct the Caratan Groundwater Recharge Facility in Kern County, California. The project involves converting 160 acres located approximately 5 miles southeast of Delano into recharge ponds that will provide an average annual groundwater...
- Grant Award Summary The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works received a $6.0 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on December 23, 2025, to modernize the Dominguez Gap Barrier Project. The award funds the construction of four new injection wells and two monitoring wells in Alhambra, California, along with the decommissioning of three aging injection wells. These facilities will strengthen the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Fresno Irrigation District received a $6.0 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on September 18, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. The project expands groundwater recharge capacity in California's Central Valley by expanding an existing groundwater recharge basin by 24 acres and constructing an additional 20-acre basin. The combined infrastructure will...
- The Granger-Hunter Improvement District (GHID) in West Valley City, Utah was awarded a $13,747,472 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a new water well and water treatment facility to treat water from the new well and an existing well. This will provide an additional 2,500 acre-feet of drought-tolerant water supply to GHID. The water treatment...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) awarded Kern Tulare Water District (KTWD) $4,012,136 under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) on July 31, 2025, to construct water banking infrastructure in Bakersfield, California. The project deliverables include drilling and equipping a new production well, installing approximately 8,000 linear feet of pipeline to connect to the Friant Kern Canal, integrating an existing well into the recovery...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded East Valley Water District (EVWD) a $5.91 million Project Grant on January 15, 2026, under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct new water supply wells in the East Valley region of Southern California. The project, titled "WIDENING AVAILABILITY THROUGH ENGINEERED RESILIENCY (WATER): INCREASING DROUGHT RESILIENCY THROUGH NEW WELL CONSTRUCTION IN EAST VALLEY WATER DISTRICT (EVWD)," will be completed by December 31, 2028, in Highland, California. This infrastructure improvement directly addresses the district's critical need to enhance water supply reliability and build long-term drought resilience in a region experiencing significant water scarcity challenges. EVWD, a local government water utility serving approximately 103,200 residents in the San Bernardino Valley with nearly 70% of its service area classified as disadvantaged communities, will leverage this funding to implement on-the-ground water infrastructure improvements. The new well construction project builds upon the district's previous federal investments, including a $450,000 design grant awarded in August 2024 and a drought contingency planning cooperative agreement from February 2022. This award supports the Bureau of Reclamation's strategic focus on funding infrastructure projects that increase water management flexibility and build resilience to drought conditions across western United States water districts.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $3.0m | 1/15/26 |