Construction of the La Sierra Pipeline Portion of the Riverside-Corona Feeder

The summary for the Construction of the La Sierra Pipeline Portion of the Riverside-Corona Feeder grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Reclamation, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Construction of the La Sierra Pipeline Portion of the Riverside-Corona Feeder: The Riverside-Corona Feeder (RCF) is a large capacity water pipeline associated with aquifer storage and recovery. The RCF will install new pipelines to deliver water to the Recipient’s Service Area in Riverside County. Existing recharge basins will be used to store imported water and local Santa Ana River flows in the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin during wet years for delivery to communities in western Riverside County in dry years via approximately 28 miles of pipeline capable of delivering up to 40,000 acre-feet per year of ground water. The proposed pipelines will also provide access to groundwater from the Chino Basin in San Bernardino County.
This Agreement will provide federal funding for construction activities of the La Sierra Pipeline (LSP) portion of the Riverside-Corona Feeder. For several years Western has been focused on
increasing available local water supply for Western’s Riverside Retail Service Area. To that end,
Western has collaborated and partnered with various agencies to develop water supplies in both
the Arlington and Chino Basins culminating with construction and expansion of groundwater
desalter treatment plants. The Arlington Desalter and Chino Desalter are currently being connected with piping to allow movement of water between them. The last and most critical piece of this water supply undertaking, to benefit Western’s Riverside Retail Service, will be to build the LSP. The LSP will enable the conveyance of potable water from the Arlington and Chino Desalters to serve the needs of Western’s Riverside Retail Service Area. The LSP and associated pump station and reservoir will accomplish two major water reliability goals for Western’s Riverside Retail Service Area: 1) provide up to 20 cubic feet per second (CFS) of emergency supply during Metropolitan Water District (MWD) outages, and 2) add availability to approximately 6,300 acre feet per year of local water supply thereby reducing the region’s dependency on imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Federal Grant Title: Construction of the La Sierra Pipeline Portion of the Riverside-Corona Feeder
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Reclamation
Grant Categories: Environment
Type of Opportunity: Mandatory
Funding Opportunity Number: R16AP00023
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 319381
CFDA Descriptions: Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Riverside-Corona Feeder Project
Current Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2016
Posted Date: Mar 2, 2016
Creation Date: Mar 2, 2016
Archive Date: Apr 14, 2016
Total Program Funding: $8,500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $8,500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $1
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Special district governments
Grant Announcement Contact
Shawna Thompson Grants Officer Phone 7022938570
Work Email

Bureau of Reclamation 303-445-2444