Water Marketing and Efficiency Grant Funding Opportunity Announced
for Fiscal Year 2009 under the Water for America Initiative

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Bob Johnson has announced that the first funding opportunity for fiscal year 2009 under the Water for America Challenge Grant Program is now available online at www.grants.gov.

Reclamation is seeking proposals for cooperative projects that create water banks and markets or improve the water delivery efficiency of a system through conservation or operational improvements.    More...

Notice of Revision of the Standard Criteria
for Evaluating Water Management Plans

The Standard Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria) were developed by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) in response to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and in accordance with the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA).

The purpose of the Criteria is to promote the highest level of water-use efficiency reasonably achievable by Contractors using best available, cost-effective technology and Best Management Practices.    Details

Workshop Materials          2008 Criteria (Revised Criteria)