Ground Water to Surface Water Conversion Project Grants

The Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) is offering grant funding to be used for water projects targeted at converting lands irrigated from groundwater to surface water irrigation (Conversion Projects). Donor Name: Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) State: Idaho County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 10/04/2024 Size of the Grant: $5 million per application Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) has developed these criteria to provide financial assistance on a statewide basis. Funding Information Total Budget: $20 million total funds available. Grant Award Limit: $5 million per application. Eligible Projects Projects located in eligible geographic areas that propose to convert from groundwater to surface water irrigation. Hard Conversions are projects that would permanently convert to the use of surface water. Soft Conversions projects would partially convert to the use of surface water but may have to use groundwater when surface water is not available. Grant Considerations IWRB grant portion cannot exceed 1/2 (50%) of total project costs for soft conversions. IWRB grant portion cannot exceed 3/4 (75%) of total project costs for hard conversions.  Must agree to cease pumping the proposed portion of groundwater related to project and that delivered conversion water will be used only on lands with an existing groundwater right tied to this project. Groundwater rights previously used on the conversion project lands cannot be put in the Water Bank for lease.  Conversions projects are required to be at least 80% efficient (for every acre-ft of conversion water they receive, must be able to measure and record 0.8 acre-ft of groundwater savings based on their historic baseline pumping.)  If project construction is underway or completed by the application deadline the project is not eligible for this funding opportunity. Eligibility Criteria Groundwater Districts, Irrigation Districts, Irrigation Boards of Control, Canal Companies. Individuals must apply through one of the eligible entities. For more information, visit IWRB. Related Posts:2024 Homeland Security Preparedness Technical…Judicial Tools to Combat Impaired DrivingHumanities Research Centers on Artificial IntelligenceCommunity-Wide Assessment Grants for States and TribesDigital Humanities Advancement Grants 2025EPA Community-Wide Assessment Grants 2025EPA: Brownfield Assessment Grants 2025Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants 2025Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training…BJA: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ProgramGrants to address Elevated Risk of Intimate Partner…Rigorously Evaluating Primary Prevention Strategies…Rigorous Evaluation of Primary and Secondary…Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative…Effectiveness Research to Prevent…Conducting Research Related to Preventing…ACE: Expanding the Best Available EvidenceCall for Applications for Legends & Lore Maker Grant ProgramBJA: Global Justice Information Sharing InitiativeJudiciary Education on Substance Use and Substance…DOJ/BJA: Medicaid and Corrections Training and…