Dixie Valley Water Export Study

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation funds studies and planning for pipeline development to convey water from Dixie Valley to Churchill County, Nevada, under Assistance Listing 15.562; the most recent grant opportunity closed on October 28, 2015.

This program funds groundwater export feasibility and impact analysis for a specific Nevada water conveyance corridor. The Dixie Valley Groundwater Export Study, posted in October 2015, solicited work to quantify the perennial yield of Dixie Valley's groundwater resources and evaluate the hydrologic impacts of exporting specific volumes to Churchill County. The study was structured as an interagency effort involving Reclamation, Churchill County, the Nevada Division of Water Resources, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with work including development of a calibrated numerical flow model to support water supply planning.

The program is structured around Cooperative Agreements. The source provides no information about award cadence, total federal dollars obligated, typical award magnitudes, or recent grant awards beyond the single October 2015 opportunity. No current grant opportunities are open or posted.

Activity under this Assistance Listing appears to have been limited to the Dixie Valley corridor study initiated in 2015. The source does not establish whether additional awards have been made, the program's funding history, or the current status of the project. The ten-year gap between the most recent posted opportunity (October 2015) and today suggests the program may not be actively soliciting new applications, though the source does not explicitly confirm whether the program remains open or has concluded.

Applicants eligible under the October 2015 solicitation were limited to "Other" applicant types, and that opportunity was awarded to Churchill County, Nevada. Pursuit of funding under this program would require current opportunity research to confirm whether Reclamation is issuing new solicitations or whether the program has transitioned to project completion or closeout.