Environmental Water Resources Projects

WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects is a category of funding to support projects focused on environmental benefits and that have been developed as part of a collaborative process to help carry out an established strategy to increase the reliability of water resources.

Applicants are invited to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on Environmental Water Resources Projects, including water conservation and efficiency projects that result in quantifiable and sustained water savings and benefit ecological values or watershed health; water management or infrastructure improvements to benefit ecological values or watershed health; and watershed restoration projects benefitting ecological values or watershed health that have a nexus to water resources or water resources management.

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Announcements

  • FY25 WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects Webinar

    The Bureau of Reclamation hosted a webinar on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 to discuss eligible applicants and project types, program requirements, and the evaluation criteria for the WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects funding opportunity. The Environmental Water Resources Projects funding opportunity is available at grants.gov by searching opportunity number R24AS00299 and applications are due March 11, 2025, at 4pm MDT.

Current Status

The following notice of funding opportunities are currently paused and are under review until further notice.

FY24 Environmental Water Resources Projects funding opportunity.

Questions?

Have a question regarding the funding opportunity or project eligibility questions? Request a meeting through our bookings site.

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Last Updated: 5/19/25