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San Joaquin River Water Quality Grant Program

Grantor:

Department of Water Resources

Departmental Grant ID:

75029(a)

Portal ID:

1020

Status:

Closed (3 total applications submitted)

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Last Updated:

October 29, 2020, 2:11 pm

Categories:

• Agriculture
• Environment & Water

Details

Purpose:

This Grant Program provides funding for implementation projects that will improve water quality in the San Joaquin River and the Delta. The program targets subsurface agricultural drainage water from the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, an area of primary concern for protecting the water quality of the San Joaquin River.

 

Description:

The funding disbursed through this Grant Program is intended to support projects that will result in direct, measurable water quality improvements to the San Joaquin River by reducing or eliminating discharges of subsurface agricultural drainage. Previous studies suggest that source control, drainage reuse, evaporation and disposal systems, land retirement, groundwater management, and institutional changes are all used in the management of subsurface drainage and drainage-related problems on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.

Eligible projects include those that reduce or eliminate discharges of subsurface agricultural drain water from the west side of the San Joaquin Valley for the purpose of improving water quality in the San Joaquin River and the Delta.4 PRC §75029(a) specifies that the reduction or elimination of subsurface agricultural drainage to the San Joaquin River should result in the reduction or elimination of salt, dissolved organic carbon, pesticides, pathogens, and other pollutants. Eligible proposals must include projects that will provide a public benefit (PRC §75004) and that will satisfy all other requirements of these Guidelines and PSP.

Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to, those that use drainage collection systems and water treatment technologies to reduce or eliminate drainage to the San Joaquin River from west side irrigators. Projects involving reuse of collected subsurface drainage water, water treatment projects targeting salinity and other constituent reduction, and implementation of BMPs may also be evaluated. Other types of eligible projects that meet the objectives of the prior paragraph will also be considered.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

• Public Agency

Eligible grant recipients are local agencies which have an eligible proposal/project(s) that will provide public benefit (PRC §75004) and which satisfy all other requirements of these guidelines, including but not limited to, minimum cost share requirements.

Eligible Geographies:

PRC § 75029 requires that funds will be available for eligible projects that improve water quality in the Delta, the San Joaquin River, and the Sacramento River.  DWR interprets this to mean the legal Delta, the San Joaquin River and tributary watershed downstream of major dams, and the Sacramento River and tributary watershed downstream of major dams.