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Reclamation awards $5.9 million in CALFED water use efficiency grants

Posted by: Maven on November 10, 2009 at 3:30 pm

From YubaNet.com:

“The Bureau of Reclamation on in September 2009 awarded $5.9 million for the CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Program. With combined local cost shares, more than $17 million in water management improvement projects will be implemented in the next 24 months. It is estimated that greater than 26,000 acre-feet of water will be better managed or conserved per year. This will benefit CALFED Program objectives to improve ecosystem health, water supply reliability, and water quality.

Projects were selected through a competitive process, and priority consideration was given to projects that addressed CALFED Bay-Delta Program goals on a statewide basis. Reclamation awarded a total of 16 projects, spanning California from the City of Grimes in Northern California to Orange County in Southern California. Fiscal Year 2009 grants include:

Contra Costa Water District – The District will implement a High-Efficiency Toilet (HET) Voucher Program, which will provide instant rebates to customers who participate. The goal of the program is to replace 3,100 inefficient toilets to save 2,000 acre-feet of water over a 20-year period. …”

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November 10, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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