# National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (15.980)

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National Ground-Water Monitoring Network is run by Department of the Interior. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $4.0 million in 79 grants, about $51,023 per award.

## Objectives

To support data providers for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. The National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) is a cooperative, integrated system of data collection, management, and reporting that will provide data needed to address groundwater management questions. Assistance is provided to new and existing data providers of the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. The program will provide support to state or local Water-Resource agencies which collect groundwater data to serve as data providers for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. Support will allow the data providers to perform tasks to get their data into the Network such as: selecting and categorizing their wells within NGWMN specifications, adding sites to the network, establishing and maintaining connections between their databases and the NGWMN Portal. Support will also allow agencies to maintain their connections to the NGWMN Portal and to enhance their networks to provide better data to the NGWMN.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $1.1 million | 22 |
| 2022 | $1.2 million | 19 |
| 2023 | $1.3 million | 18 |
| 2024 | $139,329 | 10 |
| 2025 | $244,289 | 12 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Indiana University | Indiana | $377,105 |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $322,548 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | Kansas | $229,587 |
| Montana Technological University | Montana | $226,517 |
| University of Wisconsin System | Wisconsin | $220,503 |
| Oklahoma Water Resources Board | Oklahoma | $219,509 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | Nebraska | $218,913 |
| Texas Water Development Board | Texas | $210,167 |
| The University of Iowa | Iowa | $199,747 |
| Missouri Department of Natural R | Missouri | $191,170 |
| State of Washington | Washington | $182,905 |
| Department of Environmental Quality Mississippi | Mississippi | $156,440 |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation & Recreation | Massachusetts | $141,282 |
| North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | North Carolina | $138,711 |
| Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District | Texas | $124,815 |
| Department of Natural Resources | Ohio | $111,176 |
| University of Delaware | Delaware | $106,552 |
| Mojave Water Agency Public Facilities Corporation | California | $101,451 |
| Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy | Michigan | $92,915 |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | New Mexico | $92,072 |