Project Grant RO8762353374

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $575,089.48 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) to Natural Ocean Well CO. on March 19, 2024. The project proposes to install and evaluate a submerged water filtration system in the Las Virgenes Reservoir. Submerged water filtration is an unconventional approach that can reduce energy requirements by leveraging natural hydrostatic pressure, while also protecting the system from atmospheric climate...

The Western States Water Council (WSWC) was awarded a $914,401 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to develop a web-based water conservation tool. The grant will enable WSWC, in collaboration with the OPENET team, the Upper Colorado River Commission, and other partners, to integrate the WESTDAAT system with the OPENET platform to streamline applications for voluntary, compensated water conservation measures...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research and development of a digital platform utilizing distributed ledger technology to improve water rights management and enable water markets in the Western United States. Awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, the grant recipient Wetx Inc. will develop a unique combination of distributed ledger tokenization and decentralized distributed file storage to digitally represent water rights and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $600,493.97 Cooperative Agreement to Pure Blue TECH Inc., doing business as Pure Blue, under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The funding supports the manufacturing and field piloting of novel anti-fouling nanopatterned ultrasonic reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements for efficient, high-recovery desalination of brackish water and purification of surface water. The key innovation is the...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $485,800 Project Grant to the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to implement the GIS Data Acquisition and Leak Mapping Analysis for Improved Water Management Project. This project will field-verify and collect GPS data to correct spatial inaccuracies in WMWD's existing GIS database, improve data workflow, enhance asset management capabilities, and provide data to support...

The federal Project Grant award of $999,091 from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, will support research to quantify field to basin-scale water needs and evaluate the conserved consumptive water use from previous water conservation investments in the Southwest and Southern Plains regions. The goal is to understand realistic water savings from conservation investments in these areas facing increasing droughts and...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504), awarded a $2,258,444 Project Grant to the Rancho California Water District in California. The grant will fund the development of a feasibility study to optimize the district's existing water treatment, storage, and distribution infrastructure. Key objectives include identifying opportunities to maximize the use of recycled water, support economic development through a sustainable water...

This $220,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will fund the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop new mathematical tools and computational methods for designing efficient and fair water markets. The project aims to address challenges in the sustainable and equitable management of groundwater resources, which is critical for climate change adaptation in drought-affected regions. The research will...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504) to the Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) of Riverside County, California. The grant will support a comprehensive water reuse feasibility study aimed at bolstering local groundwater supplies and fortifying regional water supply reliability in the drought-prone Southern California region. The study will take a holistic approach to examining the water reuse...

This $1,800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research to analyze the role of decentralized, multi-stakeholder investment partnerships in developing managed aquifer recharge (MAR) infrastructure. The goal is to promote economic productivity, environmental benefits, and enhanced community access to safe and reliable drinking water in agriculture-intensive regions affected by water scarcity and climate...