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INFORMAL EDUCATION

Water Conservation Field Services Program, Upper Colorado Region Financial Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 2007

Agency		Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region
Program Name		Water Conservation Field Services Program, Upper Colorado Region Financial Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 2007
Program Website		www.grants.gov
Eligible Applicantes		Irrigation and/or water districts; communities; state, Tribal, or local water agencies; water related non-profit organizations; or educational institutions located within the boundaries of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region.
Budget FY06
Budget FY07		335000
Range of Awards		$2,000 to $25,000
Number of Awards		20 - 25
Percent of Applicants Awarded
Cost Sharing Requirements		Highly Recommended, but not required except when funding is provided under authority of, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, (Water 2025 authority).
Program Description		Reclamation is providing financial assistance for a variety of cooperative activities, demonstration programs and pilot projects to promote and implement improved water management and conservation. To be eligible for financial assistance, a proposed activity must have a defined relationship to one, or more (i.e., project features and facilities, project service area, or water systems or water supplies affected by a specific Reclamation project.), specific Reclamation water projects (water projects authorized by Congress and constructed by Reclamation). In addition, the proposed activity should be within the Upper Colorado Region’s jurisdictional area (see page 34 of this RFP and the attached map). Activities to be considered for financial assistance should address one of the following: 1. Help water purveyors develop written water management and conservation plans that are modeled after plans described in Achieving Efficient Water Management: A Guidebook for Preparing Agricultural Water Conservation Plans, Second Edition (Guidebook). 2. Implement more efficient water management measures with special emphasis on the fundamental" water management practices (i.e., measuring and billing for water delivered, eliminating pricing disincentives, and implementing a public education program) as part of its written water management and conservation program (This is a “starter” program and is not intended for extensive distribution system rehabilitation or on-farm modernization). 3. Increase technical understanding of unfamiliar water management and conservation principles and practices that have not been previously used locally. 4. Improve a segment of the public's understanding of good water management principles through training and research programs. The proposal should state what water management concept or principle is the focus of the training or research activity and why it is important. It should discuss how the message or findings will be disseminated, the size of the target audience, and the composition of the target audience. The proposal should explain how Federal funds will be used for the training or research activity."
Contact Info		Linda Daniel (UC-830) Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Regional Office Acquisition Division 125 South State Street, Room 6103 Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1147 Email: ldaniel@uc.usbr.gov