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Water SMART Grants
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To provide cost-shared funding for various types of water management improvement projects, including: 1) projects that save water; increase the use of renewable energy; and accomplish other sustainability benefits; 2) small-scale water efficiency projects that have been identified through previous planning efforts; 3) collaborative planning and design projects to support water management improvements; and 4) collaboratively developed restoration projects, nature based solutions, water conservation projects, and infrastructure improvement projects with significant ecological benefits.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
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Information not available. In FY 2017, $27.5million in Federal funding was used to fund 121 WaterSMART Grant projects. These projects total over $115.7million in improvements (i.e., Federal and non-Federal cost-share).
In FY 2018, $34 million in Federal Funding was used to fund 120 WaterSMART Grant projects. These projects total over $178.7 million in improvements (i.e., Federal and non-federal cost-share).
In FY 2019, $34 million in Federal Funding was used to fund 118 WaterSMART Grant projects. These projects total over $143.1 million in improvements (i.e., Federal and non-federal cost-share.
$55 million in Federal funding was used to fund 105 WaterSMART Grants projects. These projects total over $154.9 million in improvements (i.e. Federal and non-Federal cost-share.)
$50.5 million in Federal funding was used to fund 125 WaterSMART Grants projects across the western states.
Through the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants funding opportunity, Reclamation selected 35 projects totaling over $42 million in Federal funding, including $25.5 million in BIL funds. . Under the Environmental Water Resources Projects funding opportunity, Reclamation selected 27 projects totaling $36.1 million in Federal funding, including $26.7 million in BIL funds. Under the Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects funding opportunity, Reclamation selected 82 projects totaling $7.04 million in BIL funding.
Projects selected in FY23 included over $214M in Federal funding (appropriations and BIL).
In FY24, Reclamation will continue to fund a variety of projects that support water conservation and efficiency, project planning/design, and restoration activities. Expected funding available for projects in FY24 is approximately $121M. Descriptions of projects selected in FY24 will be available on the website once selections are announced: https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/index.html
In FY25, Reclamation will continue to fund a variety of projects that support water conservation and efficiency, project planning/design, and restoration activities. Expected funding available for projects in FY25 is approximately $23M.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
