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Federal grant programs / Department of the Interior

San Gabriel Basin Restoration (15.526)

San Gabriel Basin Restoration (Assistance Listing 15.526) is run by the Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Department of the Interior. It awarded $170 million in 2 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $84.8 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There were 2 awards in five years, from $15.5 million to $154 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To design, construct, operate, and maintain water quality projects within the San Gabriel Basin, Los Angeles County, California.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (or its successor agency) and/or the Central Basin Municipal Water District.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Project grants can only be issued to reimburse recipients for the Federal share of costs associated with the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of water quality improvement projects within the San Gabriel Basin, located in Los Angeles County, California.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. A minimum of 35 percent non-Federal cost share is required by Public Law 106-554, Sec. 110(a) (3) (B), as amended. The cost share can be provided from any non-Federal source; and, in accordance with Sec. 110(a) (3) (B) (iii), credit toward the non-Federal cost share can be given for the value of certain prior project expenditures.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range is $0 to $10,000,000 for FY23 Average is $10,000,000

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: Design and build an interconnection to enable direct deliveries and water exchanges between the Salt River and Colorado River systems, using the existing 336-mile CAP Canal rather than requiring new canals orFiscal Year2026: Funding supports reimbursement of eligible operation and maintenance costs for existing groundwater treatment and remediation facilities in the San Gabriel Basin. Activities include operation of groundwater extraction and treatment systems, utilities, treatment media replacement, equipment maintenance and replacement, water quality monitoring and testing, repairs, and other costs necessary to operate and maintain groundwater remediation facilities.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, San Gabriel Basin Restoration (15.526) awarded $170 million across 2 grant awards, an average of $84.8 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power DistrictArizona1$154 million
San Gabriel Basin Water Quality AuthorityCalifornia1$15.5 million

Top states: Arizona ($154 million), California ($15.5 million).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments2$170 million100%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Arizona1$154 million
California1$15.5 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.