WaterSMART: Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program Funding for Fiscal Year 2015

Post Date

October 30th 2014

Application Due Date

December 15th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

R15AS00009

CFDA Number(s)

15.504

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

10

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Sponsors of water reclamation and reuse projects specifically authorized for funding under Title XVI of Public Law 102-575, as amended (43 United States Code [U.S.C.] 390h through 390h-39)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $21500000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $4000000

Grant Description

The Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation's) Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse program (Title XVI) is an important part of WaterSMART. For purposes of the Title XVI Program, a water reuse project is a project that reclaims and reuses municipal, industrial, domestic, or agricultural wastewater and naturally impaired groundwater and/or surface waters. Reclaimed water can be used for a variety of purposes such as environmental restoration, fish and wildlife, groundwater recharge, municipal, domestic, industrial, agricultural, power generation, or recreation. Water reuse is an essential tool in stretching the limited water supplies in the Western United States. Title XVI projects develop and supplement urban and irrigation water supplies through water reuse, thereby improving efficiency, providing flexibility during water shortages, and diversifying the water supply. Title XVI projects provide growing communities with new sources of clean water while promoting water and energy efficiency and environmental stewardship and are an important part of the Department's implementation of the President's June 2013 Climate Action Plan and the November 1, 2013, Executive Order, Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change. Through water reuse, Title XVI projects increase water management flexibility, making our water supply more resilient and thereby helping to prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Shaun Wilken, 303-445-3697
  swilken@usbr.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  swilken@usbr.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  swilken@usbr.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.usbr.gov