Water Conservation Field Services Program - LCRA

Post Date

October 18th 2010

Application Due Date

November 30th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

R11SF30001

CFDA Number(s)

15.530

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Eligible applicants include agricultural and M&I water user entities, states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. Also eligible are any university, nonprofit research institution, or organization with water or power delivery authority for any research activity that is designed in accordance with demonstration of innovative technologies projects, as described below. To be eligible for financial assistance under this announcement, the applicant must have a definable relationship to the watershed of one, or more, specific Reclamation water projects in the Lower Colorado Regional Office Area (LCRA). The LCRA includes Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah, and any other areas supported by the Regional Office, which is located in Boulder City, Nevada. More information and a map of the area are available at http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g2000/wtrconsv.html. For the purposes of this funding announcement, a Reclamation project is defined as a specific Reclamation water project that was authorized by Congress and constructed by Reclamation. This includes everything within the project service area (i.e., project features and facilities, project service area, watershed, water systems or water supplies affected by a specific Reclamation project). Substantiation of a Reclamation water supply contract is one way to show a relationship to a Reclamation project.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $350000

• Award Range:

  $5000 - $100000

Grant Description

The objective of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to invite irrigation and water districts, states, local governments, water providers, and other entities that have a tie to Reclamation projects to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on activities/projects that make more efficient use of existing water supplies through water conservation and water management strategies in the LCRA. Activities/Projects will be selected through a competitive process using the selection criteria listed in Section VI of the announcement. Reclamation established the Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP) in 1996 with the purpose to fulfill its water conservation-related obligation as outlined in Section 210 of the Reclamation Reform Act (RRA) of 1982 directing the Secretary to encourage and implement water conservation measures on Federal Reclamation projects. Directives and Standards (WTR 01-02) were developed for the program which outlined Reclamation's procedures for administering the WCFSP pursuant to the RRA and other existing authorities, including the provision of technical and financial assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities and the administration of water conservation plans. The primary purposes or four major components of the WCFSP are to: A. Assist in developing effective water management and conservation plans; B. Encourage and promote implementation of water efficiency measures; C. Demonstrate conservation technologies; and D. Promote and support water education and training. Please refer to Section III for additional information on these major components. Reclamation recognizes that no single entity, acting independently, can meet the challenge of improving the efficiency of water use and management throughout the western states. Consequently, a key to meeting this challenge will be partnerships formed between Reclamation and water users, other Federal and State agencies, educational and research institutions, and other interested parties with water delivery authority.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Tina Mullis
  Program Manager
  Phone 702-293-8139

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Program Manger Email Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  tmullis@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Lower Colorado Region