DWR Awards $28 Million in Ag and Urban Water Use Grants.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Department of Water Resources History1850-1875 California recognizes many types of water rights. These rights have developed with the State over time. Prior to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, California was part of Mexico. (DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked ) is awarding $28 million in Proposition 50 grants to 75 agricultural and urban water use efficiency projects. DWR issued a Proposal Solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual Package in November, 2004, and received 174 applications by the application deadline. The proposals were evaluated in the areas of science and economics before further examination, scoring, and ranking by technical review panels. Draft funding recommendations were then posted on DWR's Web site for public review. Following a public workshop on June 1, 2005, the California Bay-Delta Authority endorsed the Department's recommendations and DWR Director Lester A. Snow approved the final funding recommendations on June 10. Local agencies, water districts, academic and research institutions, non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. and others will use the funds for implementation, pilot and demonstration projects, research and development, feasibility studies The analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The operational (will it work?), economical (costs and benefits) and technical (can it be built?) aspects are part of the study. Results of the study determine whether the solution should be implemented. , technical assistance and education to increase water supply reliability, improve water quality and in-stream flow in the state. Funding for the projects is available through Proposition 50, the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002. Proposition 50 provides grants for agricultural, urban water conservation and recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. through Water Code Chapter 7, Section 79550(g). DWR staff will contact each agency and start the contracting process by the end of June, 2005. The list of the projects approved for funding and other related information is posted at http://www.owue.water.ca.gov/finance/index.cfm
Written questions or comments regarding the funding grants should
be addressed to:
Baryohay Davidoff
DWR Office of Water Use Efficiency and Transfers
901 P Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
e-mail: baryohay@water.ca.gov
The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. |
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