OpportunityTitle: BASINWIDE &amp; BASIN STATES SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAMS
CategoryExplanation: The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program (Salinity Control Program) was designed tomeet the objectives of the Colorado River Basin (Basin) Water Quality Standards. Thesestandards include a Plan of Implementation to limit further degradation of water quality in theColorado River that provides water to Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.The objective of the Salinity Control Program has been to minimize salt loading in the ColoradoRiver system by seeking cost-effective regional solutions to the problem.The Bureau of Reclamation solicits, ranks, and selects new Salinity Control Projects based on acompetitive process open to the public. Cooperative agreements are awarded with selectedapplicants. Projects have typically involved converting unlined canals and ditches to pipelineslocated in the Upper Basin States of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming to reduceseepage that picks up salt and carries it into the Colorado River system.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated&#160;lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Public nonprofit&#160;institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized&#160;lndian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Individual/Family, Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals).&#160;
Description: See application package and related documents
GrantorContactEmailDescription: amanderson@usbr.gov
GrantorContactText: Autumn Anderson&lt;br/&gt;amanderson@usbr.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted by September 27, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).