Water 2025: Preventing Crisis and Conflict in the West

The summary for the Water 2025: Preventing Crisis and Conflict in the West 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 Denver Office, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Water 2025: Preventing Crisis and Conflict in the West: Through the Water 2025 Challenge Grant Program, Reclamation provides cost-shared funding on a competitive basis for projects that will create water markets and make more efficient use of existing water supplies. Increasing the efficiency of existing water delivery systems across the West will help prevent crises and conflicts and significantly increase future water supplies for farms, cities, people and the environment. The objective of this Request for Proposals is to invite irrigation and water districts, Western States, and other local entities with water delivery authority, to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on projects that create water markets and make more efficient use of existing water supplies. Projects will be selected through a competitive process that will focus on achieving the outcomes identified in Water 2025, particularly the first and second of the four tools described in the Initiative, which are "Conservation, Efficiency and Markets", and "Collaboration." More information on Water 2025 including frequently asked questions, descriptions of previously funded projects, and miscellaneous forms and formats can be found at http://www.doi.gov/water2025.*Expected number of awards: FY 2006: 5-10; FY 2007: 10-40.*Total program funding: FY 2006: $1,000,000;FY 2007: Estimated $9,700,000. Funding from FY 2006 and FY 2007 may apply to awards made under this announcement.