WaterSMART Grants

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description This funding will be used for competitive grants through WaterSMART under the authority of Sec. 9504(a) of the SECURE Water Act for water management improvements that contribute to water supply sustainability, increase drought resilience, and that have environmental benefits.
Eligible Uses Grant projects that support water management improvements that contribute to water supply sustainability, increase drought resilience, and that have environmental benefits
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Watershed Management Projects

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Financial AssistanceFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Watershed management includes water conservation and efficiency projects that increase reliability for ecological value, improvements to mitigate drought-related impacts to ecological values, and projects that improve the condition of a natural feature or nature-based feature.
Eligible Uses Watershed management activities that include water conservation and efficiency projects that increase reliability for ecological value, improvements to mitigate drought-related impacts to ecological values, and projects that improve the condition of a natural feature or nature-based feature.
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Water Resources Development Act Data Acquisition

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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VariousFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 2 years for each annual tranche
Program Description Section 511(b)(1) and (2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (division AA of Public Law 116-260) requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a pilot program within the National Mesonet Program for the acquisition and use of data generated by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -led initiative. Army Corps of Engineers is augmenting existing mesonet sites in 5 networks in the Upper Missouri River Basin with new soil moisture and snowpack instrumentation and installing new sites to reach a total of 540 sites outfitted with the new instrumentation by the end of fiscal year 2026. To support these efforts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will establish the Soil Moisture and Snowpack Monitoring Pilot Program, which will acquire data that is generated by the network being installed in the Upper Missouri River Basin from 2023 through 2025. The National Weather Service National Mesonet Program supports a public-private partnership of nearly four-dozen mesonet networks operated by the States and the private sector providing hydrometeorological observational data at more than 30,000 sites nationwide.
Eligible Uses Establishment of the Soil Moisture and Snowpack Monitoring Pilot Program, which will acquire data that is generated by the network being installed in the Upper Missouri River Basin.
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Water Recycling

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grant, Financial AssistanceFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Projects that reclaim and/or reuse municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater; or impaired ground and surface waters. Large Scale Water Recycling Program is defined in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as projects that reclaim and reuse municipal, industrial, domestic, or agricultural wastewater; or impaired groundwater or surface water with a total project cost of $500 million or more and located in a Reclamation State.
Eligible Uses Water recycling and reuse projects and large water reuse projects in Reclamation States
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Water Desalination Projects

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
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Financial AssistanceFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Water desalination projects support desalination of ocean or brackish water.
Eligible Uses Water desalination projects
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Water & Groundwater Storage, And Conveyance

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal Spending, financial assistanceFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Water Storage, Groundwater Storage, and Conveyance projects with existing feasibility study or construction authorization are eligible for funding. The project must be found feasible and with benefits proportionate to Federal investment. Small Water Storage and Groundwater Storage Projects are defined in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as projects that have storage capacity between 2,000 acre-feet and 30,000 acre-feet and increase surface water or groundwater storage or convey water, directly or indirectly, to or from surface water or groundwater storage. Funding will be provided through a combination of internal formulation and competitive grant processes, and non-Federal project sponsors in Reclamation States, including Alaska and Hawaii are eligible.
Eligible Uses Construction and grants
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Underground Injection Control Grants: Class VI wells

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Underground Injection Control Grants fund Federal, State, and Tribal government agencies that oversee underground injection activities to prevent contamination of underground sources of drinking water from fluid injection practices. The funding in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law targets funding to Class VI wells utilized for carbon sequestration.
Eligible Uses Eligible entities shall use grants to defray the expenses related to the establishment and operation of a Class VI primacy program.
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Tribal Irrigation and Power Systems

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Contract/CompactFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The program addresses deferred maintenance needs at 17 congressionally authorized irrigation projects located on Indian reservations across the Rocky Mountain, Northwest, Southwest, Navajo and Western Regions.
Eligible Uses Address deferred maintenance and deficiencies identified in condition assessments and audit reports.
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Soil Moisture and Snowpack Pilot Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
VariousFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of CommerceAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability 2 years for each annual tranche
Program Description The study of the soil moisture and snowpack monitoring network in the Upper Missouri River Basin pursuant to section 511(b)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (division AA of Public Law 116-260) (see Provision 4 description).
Eligible Uses The study of the soil moisture and snowpack monitoring network in the Upper Missouri River Basin
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Safety of Dams, Water Sanitation, And Other Facilities

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Contract/CompactFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Bureau of Indian Affairs Safety of Dams aims to reduce the potential loss of human life and property damage caused by dam failure by making Bureau of Indian Affairs dams as safe as practically possible. Safety of Dams is responsible for dams on Indian land. These dams form a significant part of the water-resources infrastructure on Indian reservations. The water sanitation and safety program supports improvement and repair projects that address public health and safety compliance issues at Bureau of Indian Affairs-owned drinking water and sanitation systems.
Eligible Uses Safety of Dams funding is planned to be used to accelerate rehabilitation activities using current prioritization methodology. Water sanitation funds will address deferred maintenance and deficiencies identified in condition assessments, environmental health reviews and audit reports.
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Rural Water Projects

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Project FundingFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Department of the InteriorAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Funding for Rural Water will support the seven rural water projects that have been authorized by an Act of Congress before July 1, 2021, in accordance with the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.).
Eligible Uses Rural Water projects
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National Estuary Program Grants

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
WaterCategory
Environmental Protection AgencyAgency

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The National Estuary Program goal is to protect and restore the water quality and resources of estuaries and associated watersheds designated by the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator as estuaries of national significance. The 28 estuaries of national significance, or National Estuary Programs, use an ecosystem-based management approach to help achieve their protection and restoration goals.
Eligible Uses Each National Estuary Program characterizes the priority problems in its estuary and surrounding watershed, develops a long-term Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan that identifies actions to address those problems, and identifies partners to implement those actions. Implementation of Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans can include the following actions: protecting and restoring habitat, including wetlands; supporting water quality protection and restoration, including Total Maximum Daily Load plan implementation; monitoring and addressing toxics and pathogen loads and contamination; implementing stormwater management, reducing non-point source pollution impacts, and promoting the adoption of green infrastructure approaches; preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species and/or managing their impacts; developing and implementing nutrient reduction strategies; conducting climate vulnerability assessments and developing and implementing climate change adaptation strategies and using adaptation tools to promote coastal resilience; and developing and implementing strategies to provide opportunities for residents of urban minority and/or underserved communities to have greater access to urban waters, participate in urban ecosystem restoration, and participate in capacity-building/educational activities. In addition to Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan implementation, National Estuary Programs and other eligible recipients address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the ecological and economic well-being of coastal areas.
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