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6,000 Acre-feet of Water Savings to Result from Water 2025 Grant to the Fresno Irrigation District; Event Scheduled
Media Contact:
Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100
For Release: February 14, 2007
Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson will present a $300,000 Water 2025 Challenge Grant Award to the Fresno Irrigation District (District) during a ceremony in Fresno, California, on February 21, 2007.
The grant will allow the District to construct a new control structure on the Enterprise Canal with automatic control gates, construct a new spill structure with automatic control gates, replace the existing flume structure, and connect to the District’s telemetry system. The project will allow water to be diverted to a conveyance system that can deliver water to the District’s water banking facility and is estimated to save 6,000 acre-feet of water per year.
The District, which comprises some 245,000 acres, lies entirely within Fresno County and includes the rapidly growing Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area. The District operates approximately 800 miles of canals and pipelines with a total irrigated area exceeding 150,000 acres.
WHAT: Award Ceremony
WHEN: Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 9 a.m.
WHERE: Fresno Irrigation District
2907 South Maple Avenue, Fresno, California Map
The Water 2025 Challenge Grant program funds activities that will make more efficient use of existing water supplies through water conservation, efficiency, and water marketing projects. More information about the Water 2025 program can be found at http://www.doi.gov/water2025/. For additional information, please contact Ms. Donna Potter, Reclamation Public Affairs, at 916-978-5103 or e-mail lpotter@mp.usbr.gov.
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