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Reclamation Announces Funding for Bay Delta Restoration Program Grants

Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, 02/12/2015 17:11

For Release: February 12, 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announces the availability of an additional $5 million for award under the CALFED Bay-Delta Program: CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grants and the Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants Fostering District/Farmer Partnerships. Under the Funding Opportunity Announcement, a maximum of $8 million is available. The federal funding cap has been increased to $750,000 per award, not to exceed 50 percent of project costs.

The deadlines for CALFED Water Use Efficiency applications submissions are due on Friday, March 20, 2015. The deadline for Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants Fostering District/Farmer Partnerships applications submissions are due on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Eligibility for Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants Fostering District/Farmer Partnerships was changed from the CALFED solutions area to the State of California.

These two Funding Opportunity Announcements invite eligible applicants to utilize their resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on projects emphasizing water use efficiency and conservation activities that will improve ecosystem health, water supply reliability and water quality. Projects that focus on increasing the capability of on-farm water conservation and water use efficiency should be able to be undertaken by farmers and ranchers through irrigation system improvements and irrigation efficiency enhancements.

Proposals must be submitted online at www.grants.gov using Funding Opportunity Number R15AS00026 for Water Use Efficiency Grants or R15AS00030 for Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants. Awards will be available summer 2015.

For additional information, please contact, David White, 916-978-5271, dwhite@usbr.gov for the Water Use Efficiency grants and Anna Sutton, 916-978-5214, asutton@usbr.gov for the Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency grants.

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