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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
R13SF60005
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Nov 16, 2012
Creation Date:
Nov 16, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 29, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 29, 2013
Archive Date:
Feb 28, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
6
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
$100,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
15.530
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Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP)
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Irrigation and/or water districts, state or local water agencies, Reclamation water contractors, and water related non-profit organizations with a defined relationship to one or more Reclamation Project(s)located within the geographic area covered by WYAO.
Agency Name
Bureau of Reclamation - Great Plains Region
Description
The objective of this FOA is to invite eligible applicants to leverage available funds and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on activities that will do one or more of the following:
•Promote the preparation of written water conservation management plans that will lead to subsequent implementation of conveyance, measurement, or operational improvements which will conserve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance operational efficiency.
•Implement activities identified in a written and Reclamation reviewed water conservation management plan.
•Demonstrate new or previously unknown water conservation management technologies and practices.
Reclamation has developed a selection process that systematically evaluates the merits of funding requests to assure that funds are directed to the activity or activities that best meet WCFSP objectives within the geographic area of the WYAO. Eligible activities will be selected through a competitive, ranking process and will be rated using the evaluation criteria in Section V which focuses on achieving the outcome identified in this FOA.
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