Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the funding recommendation to fully award the available $26 million of Proposition 68 grant funding to 6 awardees. This money is from the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program Implementation Round 1 and goes toward projects that will help support Critically Overdrafted (COD) Basins. The six projects awarded are as follows:
Organization Name | Project | Award |
Fresno Irrigation District | Kings Basin 2021 GSP Implementation Projects | $4,866,600 |
Madera County | Eastside Bypass Recharge for Subsidence and Flood Risk Reduction Phase 1 | $4,197,600 |
Madera County | East Madera Subbasin Recharge Project Phase 1 | $4,197,600 |
Merced Irrigation District | Southern Merced Subbasin Recharge Project | $4,999,800 |
Mid-Kaweah GSA | Kaweah Subbasin Groundwater Recharge and Sustainability Projects | $3,776,400 |
Westlands Water District GSA |
The Pasajero Groundwater Recharge Project | $3,962,400 |
The SGM Grant Program received 15 applications totaling over $70 million in requested grant funds. The six recommended award grants are comprised of 16 individual construction projects within COD basins that will construct seven new and expand three existing recharge basin covering over 130 acres.