WaterSMART: Drought Contingency Planning Grants for Fiscal Year 2015

 

The United States (U.S.) Department of the Interiorâ₏™s (Interior) WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage Americaâ₏™s Resources for Tomorrow) Program establishes a framework to provide Federal leadership and assistance for using water efficiently, integrating water, and energy policies to support the sustainable use of all natural resources, and coordinating the water conservation activities of various Interior bureaus and offices. Through the program, Interior is working to achieve a sustainable water strategy to meet the Nationâ₏™s water needs. The Bureau of Reclamationâ₏™s (Reclamation) Drought Response Program is an important part of WaterSMART. Many areas in the west are currently experiencing unprecedented drought conditions. While droughts are common in the western U.S., there is growing evidence that climate change is causing longer and more frequent droughts in some areas. Drought directly impacts Reclamationâ₏™s ability to deliver water and power to contractors, central to Reclamationâ₏™s mission. As the Nationâ₏™s largest wholesale water supplier, Reclamation must support our customers, stakeholders, and partners in building resiliency to drought and climate change. Reclamation has developed a new Drought Response Program to improve our ability to assist States, tribes, and local governments to prepare for and address drought in advance of a crisis. The Drought Response Program supports a proactive approach to drought by providing assistance to water managers to (1) develop and update comprehensive drought plans (Drought Contingency Planning), (2) implement projects that will build long-term resiliency to drought (Drought Resiliency Projects), and (3) implement emergency response actions. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports the Development and Update of Drought Contingency Plans that will build long-term resiliency to drought and climate change. For further information on the Drought Response Program, please see www.usbr.gov/drought/. For further information on the WaterSMART Program, please see www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/.

Deleted 07/25/2015 (Archived.) R15AS00047 Agency: Department of the Interior
Office: Bureau of Reclamation Grant 10 States, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in the Reclamation States or Hawaii. 06/25/2015 This program has cost sharing or matching requirements. Irene Hoiby
Grants Officer
Phone 303-445-2025 http://www.usbr.gov ihoiby@usbr.gov $2,000,000.00 Awards up to $200,000.00