Federal grants to El Dorado County Water Agency
El Dorado County Water Agency in El Dorado Hills, California received $3.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 4 awards. Its largest program was WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow), with $1.8 million. It had no new grant money in fiscal 2025.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$3.0 million
- Awards4
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Largest award$1.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 0 | $0 |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $280,218 |
| FY 2023 | 1 | $1.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $875,000 |
| FY 2025 | 0 | $0 |
Programs that fund El Dorado County Water Agency
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) | 1 | $1.8 million |
| SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements | 1 | $875,000 |
| Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief | 1 | $300,000 |
| Cooperative Watershed Management | 1 | $99,800 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 4 | $3.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The el dorado county water agency, in partnership with the el dorado and georgetown divide resource conservation districts, will implement post wildfire reforestation of approximately 280 acres of burned land in the north canyon creek and big canyon creek watersheds affected by the 2021 caldor fire | WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) | January 25, 2023 | $1.9 million |
| American river basin hydrologic observatory (ARHO) wireless sensor network (WSN) project will improve forecast reliability, timeliness, and accuracy of snowpack conditions and subsequent runoff in the upper portions of the american river basin (ARB). It will create a permanent wsn to provide accurat | SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements | April 22, 2024 | $875,000 |
| El dorado water agency, located in el dorado county, California, will upgrade two sensors in a 12-SENSOR american river hydrologic observatory network. Additionally, an online operations dashboard will be created to display the real-time hydrologic observations in a spatial representation. This proj | Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief | April 18, 2022 | $300,000 |
| Upper american river watershed management program | Cooperative Watershed Management | December 14, 2021 | $99,800 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does El Dorado County Water Agency get?
$3.0 million in 4 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives El Dorado County Water Agency the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $3.0 million in 4 awards.
What is El Dorado County Water Agency's largest federal grant?
$1.9 million under WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow), with its first action in the period on January 25, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund El Dorado County Water Agency?
Its largest are WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow), SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements and Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief.
Other grant recipients in El Dorado Hills
- Hido Technologies, Inc
- California State Firefighters' Association
- El Dorado County Fire Safe Council
- School of Urban Missions
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