Project Grant SCS80020GR0049

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.750 - Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Grant Programs) provides $419,605.55 to Fundacion Avina, a Latin American non-profit organization, to strengthen sustainability centers addressing water scarcity in rural communities of Costa Rica. The project aims to improve access to clean water, food security, economic opportunity, and social inclusion for marginalized populations in the...

This $1,069,948.82 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) program (CFDA 15.507) will enable Protectores De Cuencas, Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to collaborate with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to restore 107 acres of coastal wetlands in the Punta Tuna Natural Reserve. The project will remove debris, reestablish...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $345,000 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro De Estudios Aplicados En La Ecologia Y Sustentabilidad Ambiental (ECOS) in El Salvador. The grant will provide training and technical assistance to members of the Association of Water Boards, as well as 25 local water boards, to improve water management in the municipalities of Libertad Centro and Libertad Norte in the Department of La...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program provides $650,185 to the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center (UH WRRC) to conduct essential technical work as part of the American Samoa Basin Study. The project will develop a detailed, data-driven groundwater model to evaluate the threat of saltwater intrusion into American Samoa's groundwater aquifers and assess...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $309,396 cooperative agreement to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630). The agreement will support coastal and wetland restoration in two priority areas of the Northeast Ecological Corridor Nature Reserve in Puerto Rico. Specifically, Protectores De Cuencas Inc. will implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration, and improvement...

This $109,924 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research assessing the resilience of centralized and decentralized water supply infrastructure in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Fiona. The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center will collect timely data through surveys, stakeholder workshops, and water quality monitoring at select systems. Researchers will analyze the data to evaluate behaviors and effectiveness of...

This $650,920 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079), aims to investigate the vulnerabilities of community-managed water systems to climate change impacts and identify opportunities to strengthen their resilience. The project will focus on five climate-vulnerable locations globally, including indigenous communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Norway, Canada, and Alaska. Through a combination of climate scenario...

This $750,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on July 22, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under its SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program, supports the San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program (CAP) initiative. The CAP aims to create a comprehensive and sustainable water resources management program for California's San Joaquin Valley by aligning the objectives of multiple stakeholders. Key activities and deliverables...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $15,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program to the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, a non-profit organization in California. The 5-year pilot project aims to identify viable solutions to enable federal, state, and irrigation water districts to perform the dual purpose of traditional water conveyance and generation of renewable energy. This will help build climate change resilience by...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources a $1.22 million formula grant under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA #66.458). The grant capitalizes Puerto Rico's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to subrecipients for projects addressing emerging contaminants in water sources. Emerging contaminants include chemicals in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial...