OpportunityTitle: Bay-Delta Restoration Program: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Under P.L. 111-11, Section 9502, an eligible applicant is any State, Indian tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery.      Applicants must also be located in the CALFED solution area as identified in the 1999 CALFED Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report.  Please see the map, Figure 2, for the geographic outline of the defined solution area.    Those not eligible include entities without water or power delivery authority, such as:     &#149; Federal governmental entities    &#149; Institutions of higher education    &#149; Individuals
Description: The objective of this FOA is to invite Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts and other organizations with water or power delivery authority to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on projects that save water, improve water management, create new supplies for agricultural irrigation, improve energy efficiency, and benefit endangered species. Projects should also increase the capability or success rate of on-farm water conservation or water use efficiency projects that can be undertaken by farmers and ranchers through irrigation system improvements and irrigation efficiency enhancements. Water conservation and water use efficiency are critical elements of any plan to address Bay-Delta water issues. With leveraged water sustainability grants, an important step will be taken towards increasing conservation for a more efficient use of water in California. Under this FOA, Reclamation intends to select projects at a district or water purveyor level that also increase opportunities for on-farm improvements. In coordination with NRCS, Reclamation will select applicants for funding under this FOA. Successful applicants will enter into a financial assistance agreement with Reclamation. Once projects have been selected under this FOA, NRCS will provide accelerated technical and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers in the successful applicant&#146;s service area, through USDA programs such as EQIP or AWEP. NRCS California is making available through EQIP and AWEP up to an additional $5,000,000 for on-farm water conservation efforts for this effort.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Leanne Henderson
GrantorContactText: LEANNE HENDERSON &lt;br/&gt;GRANTS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST &lt;br/&gt;Phone 9169784372
CloseDateExplanation: Due no later than 12pm PST, April 8, 2013