California, Jan. 14, 2016 -- The California Department of Water Resources today announced approximately $232 million in grant funding of 26 Integrated Regional Water Management projects that will leverage hundreds of millions of dollars in additional local and federal dollars.
The funds are from a 2006 water bond passed by voters statewide that supports projects and programs intended to meet California’s long-term water management needs. Projects and programs include delivery of safe drinking water, enhancement of recycled water use, water conservation, flood risk reduction, watershed protection, ecosystem restoration, protection of water quality, and management of groundwater.
The grants include the following:
· Association of Bay Area Governments, $41.3 million, 10 projects for dam seismic retrofit, groundwater infrastructure, watershed protection and other purposes;
· San Diego County Water Authority, $31.1 million, 14 projects for urban water conservation, turf removal rebate program, water treatment facility and other purposes;
· Los Angeles County Flood Control District, $27.7 million, 26 projects for meter installation, storm water management, water conveyance infrastructure and other purposes;
· Humboldt County, $11 million, 25 projects for water and wastewater conveyance and treatment infrastructure, watershed protection and restoration, agricultural efficiency and other purposes.
A list of the projects, grant requests, final awards and the grants’ percentage of the projects’ total costs can be found here:
http://water.ca.gov/irwm/grants/p84implementation.cfm
