Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief

The Drought Response Program provides assistance to: (1) develop or update comprehensive drought contingency plans and (2) implement projects that will build long-term resiliency to drought and water scarcity.

1) Drought contingency planning: Eligible applicants include States, Indian tTribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located within Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Utah, Washington, America Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
2) Drought Resiliency Projects: Eligible applicants include States, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or local authorities whose members include one or more other organizations with water or power delivery authority, as well as Nonprofit conservation organizations if they are acting in partnership with and with the agreement of an entity described above. Applicants must be located in the Western United States or United States Territories, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico. Eligible applicants for Task D domestic water supply projects include States, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority in one of the following states or territories: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands.

General public, entities with water or power delivery authority, Federal, States, county, local governmental entities, and Tribes located in eligible states and territories previously described in applicant eligibility.

Notice of Funding Opportunities for this listing will be posted on Grants.gov. The Notice of Funding Opportunity will contain all information regarding application procedures for submitting applications, instructions, and points of contact.

Proposals received in response to the funding opportunity are reviewed through a competitive, merit-based review process, and are rated in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in the funding opportunity. Reclamation will make awards to the highest rated proposals based on the amount of funding available each year. For other awards made under this Assistance Listing using the statutory authorities, the awards may be made competitively or non-competitively.

See Reclamation’s WaterSMART website https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/ for schedule information.