The Bureau of Reclamation invites eligible applicants located in the geographic area covered by Reclamation’s Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region to leverage their money and resources by cost-sharing water conservation planning with Reclamation to make more efficient use of existing water supplies.
Donor Name: Bureau of Reclamation
State: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Reclamation provides funding for other related projects through several other programs under WaterSMART.
- The WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects program provides cost-shared financial assistance for small-scale water management projects (up to $100,000 in Federal funding for each project) that have been identified through previous planning efforts.
- The WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants program provides cost-shared financial assistance for larger water conservation projects (up to $5 million in Federal funding for each project) resulting in quantifiable and sustained water savings.
- The WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects program provides cost-shared financial assistance for larger conservation projects (up to $5 million in Federal funding for each project) that result in quantifiable and sustained water savings and benefit ecological values
- The Drought Resiliency Projects program provides cost-shared financial assistance for larger conservation projects (up to $5 million in Federal funding for each project) that increase the reliability of water supplies, improve water management, and mitigate impacts to the environment from drought.
- The Planning and Project Design Grants program provides cost-shared financial assistance for collaborative planning and design projects to support water management improvements. This includes funding for: (1) Water Strategy Grants to conduct planning activities to improve water supplies (e.g., water supplies to disadvantaged communities that do not have reliable access to water, water marketing, water conservation, drought resilience, and ecological resilience); Project Design Grants to conduct project-specific design for projects to improve water management; and comprehensive Drought Contingency Plans (up to $400,000 in Federal funding for each project).
Funding Information
- Approximately $250,000 is available for this NOFO.
- Maximum Award: $50,000
Project Period
- Anticipated Award Date: August 31, 2024
- Anticipated Project Completion Date: August 31, 2026
Eligible Projects
The following activities are eligible for funding under the WCFSP:
- Water Management and Conservation Planning
- System Optimization Review
- Designing Water Management Improvements
- Demonstrating Conservation Projects Technologies
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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.