Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applications fro the Water Conservation Field Services Program.
The Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program provides a framework for Federal leadership and assistance to stretch and secure water supplies for future generations in support of DOI priorities. Through WaterSMART, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) leverages Federal and non-Federal funding to work cooperatively with states, Tribes, and local entities as they plan for and implement actions to increase water supply reliability through investments in existing infrastructure and attention to local water conflicts.
Reclamation established the Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP) in 1996 to encourage recipients of water from Federal water projects to conserve water and to assist agricultural and urban water districts in preparing and implementing water conservation plans in accordance with the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982. Through the WCFSP, Reclamation makes cost-shared financial assistance available for developing water conservation plans, designing water management improvements, identifying water management improvements through System Optimization Reviews (SORs), and improving the understanding of water conservation techniques through demonstration activities.
This Water Conservation Field Services Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides funding for projects that result in water management planning. These planning projects support planning for water managers to plan, prioritize, and design projects that conserve and use water more efficiently; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to sustainability in the Western United States.
Objective
The objective of this NOFO is to invite eligible applicants located in the geographic area covered by Reclamation’s Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region to leverage their money and resources by costsharing water conservation planning with Reclamation to make more efficient use of existing water supplies.
Funding Information
A maximum of $25,000 in Federal funding may be allocated to proposals awarded funding under this NOFO. An applicant may submit more than one application and may be selected for multiple grants. A maximum of $100,000 per entity per year in Federal funding may be allocated to proposals awarded funding under this NOFO.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include any state, Tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority located in Reclamation’s Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region. The proposed activity must have a defined relationship to one or more Reclamation project(s) authorized by Congress. A defined relationship includes everything within the project service area (i.e., project features and facilities, watershed, water systems, or water supplies affected by a specific Reclamation project).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337369