R24AP00645
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
The City of Santa Rosa City, located within Cameron County, Texas, must rely on a local irrigation district to deliver its domestic water supplies from the Rio Grande River.
The city's water is conveyed via an irrigation canal running adjacent to the city's water treatment plant.
Since there is no agricultural irrigation demand in this canal branch, all water supplied to the city comes with the necessity of using push water that is the responsibility of the city.
As recently as late October 2023, the canal ran dry and caused a state of emergency within the city as the city has no practical water storage and no emergency interconnections to other entities for potable water.
The city will install a one-million-gallon ground storage tank, a 0.5-million-gallon elevated storage tank, a 7-day storage raw water reservoir at their water treatment plant, and an emergency interconnection with neighboring water supplier.
The project will help provide drinking water to the city's 2,873 residents.
Selected through Notice of Funding Opportunity No. R24AS00007.
The city's water is conveyed via an irrigation canal running adjacent to the city's water treatment plant.
Since there is no agricultural irrigation demand in this canal branch, all water supplied to the city comes with the necessity of using push water that is the responsibility of the city.
As recently as late October 2023, the canal ran dry and caused a state of emergency within the city as the city has no practical water storage and no emergency interconnections to other entities for potable water.
The city will install a one-million-gallon ground storage tank, a 0.5-million-gallon elevated storage tank, a 7-day storage raw water reservoir at their water treatment plant, and an emergency interconnection with neighboring water supplier.
The project will help provide drinking water to the city's 2,873 residents.
Selected through Notice of Funding Opportunity No. R24AS00007.
Awardee
Funding Goals
MANAGE, DEVELOP, AND PROTECT WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY SOUND MANNER IN THE INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Cameron,
Texas
United States
Geographic Scope
County-Wide
City Of Santa Rosa was awarded
Emergency Water Infrastructure Santa Rosa City Cameron County Texas
Project Grant R24AP00645
worth $9,503,500
from the Bureau of Reclamation in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Texas United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 2 months and
was awarded through assistance program 15.514 Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2024.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/16/25
Period of Performance
1/2/25
Start Date
3/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$9.5M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$9.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
R24AP00645
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Awarding Office
140R40 UPPER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE
Funding Office
140R81 DENVER FED CENTER
Awardee UEI
RDECJV5DXS25
Awardee CAGE
5Q7E0
Performance District
TX-34
Senators
John Cornyn
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Modified: 1/16/25