OpportunityTitle: WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2023
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Category A:&#160;States, Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, and water districts; any state, regional, or local authority whose members include one or more organizations with water or power delivery authority; and other organizations with water or power delivery authority.&#160;All Category A applicants must be located in the Western United States or United States Territories, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.Category B:&#160;Nonprofit conservation organizations that are acting in partnership and with the agreement of an entity described in Category A.&#160;All Category B applicants must be located in the United States, or the specific Territories identified above.
Description: This Water and Energy Efficiency Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides funding for projects that result in quantifiable water savings, implement renewable energy components, and support broader sustainability benefits. These projects conserve and use water more efficiently; increase the production of renewable energy; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to sustainability in the Western United States.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: bor-sha-fafoa@usbr.gov
GrantorContactText: Christina Munoz&lt;br/&gt;bor-sha-fafoa@usbr.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Due Date for Applications: Thursday, July 28, 2022, 4:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight TimeApplications must be received (not postmarked by) no later than this due date and time.Electronic and physical proposals received after the application deadline will not be considered unless it can be determined that the delay was caused by Reclamation mishandling or technical issues with the Grants.gov application system. Please note that difficulties related to an applicant&#8217;s Grants.gov profile (e.g., incorrect organizational representative), uploading documents to Grants.gov, or an applicant&#8217;s SAM registration are not considered technical issues with the Grants.gov system.Please note that any application submitted for funding under this NOFO may be subjected to a Freedom of Information Act request (5 U.S.C. &#167;552, as amended by P.L. No. 110-175), and as a result, may be made publicly available. Following awards of funding, Reclamation will post all successful applications on the Reclamation website, www.usbr.gov/WaterSmart/, after conducting any redactions determined necessary by Reclamation, in consultation with the recipient.The applications may be submitted electronically through Grants.gov (www.grants.gov) or a hard copy may be submitted to either one of the following addresses. We strongly encourage you to use grants.gov to submit your proposal if possible. Under no circumstances will applications received through any other method (such as e-mail or fax) be considered eligible for award.By mail or United States Postal Service overnight services:Bureau of ReclamationFinancial Assistance Operations SectionAttn: NOFO TeamP.O. Box 25007, MS 84-27133Denver, CO 80225All other express delivery and courier services:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Bureau of Reclamation mail servicesAttn: NOFO TeamDenver Federal CenterBldg. 67, Rm. 1526th Avenue and Kipling StreetDenver, CO 80225&#160;