Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Riverside-Corona Feeder

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation funds planning, design, and construction of water infrastructure under the Riverside-Corona Feeder program (CFDA 15.545), with the most recent grant award disbursed on September 9, 2016.

The program operates under the authority of Section 9112 of Public Law 111-11, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to participate in development of the Riverside-Corona Feeder Project. Funded activities have centered on constructing pipeline infrastructure for the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin. The two awards on record span planning and design coordination through construction of the La Sierra Pipeline portion of the feeder system.

The portfolio consists of one Cooperative Agreement and one Project Grant in equal measure. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation is the sole funding agency. Combined federal and non-federal obligations total $1.94 billion across the two awards, though federal dollars obligated register as a negative value in the administrative record, indicating a data anomaly or accounting adjustment that does not reflect the actual federal contribution to the project.

Representative awards include a $1.93 billion Project Grant (R16AP00023) awarded in September 2016 for construction of the La Sierra Pipeline, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2021, and a $9.19 million Cooperative Agreement (R10AC35281) awarded in September 2010 for planning and coordination on the broader Riverside-Corona Feeder Project, completed September 30, 2017.

No grant opportunities are currently open under this program. The ten-year gap since the most recent award suggests the program may be inactive or in a post-construction phase. Organizations pursuing federal water infrastructure funding should treat this program as inactive for current business development purposes unless project milestones or new legislative directives reactivate solicitation.