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Water for America Initiative: Addressing 21st Century Water Challenges

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Reclamation

As a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Reclamation has issued a second Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Water Marketing and Efficiency Grants.  The full FOA for these projects is posted to Grants.gov.

Although many aspects of the new FOA are identical to the previously issued FOA, this FOA differs in several significant ways.

Minimum cost-share for these projects is $1 million.  Maximum federal cost-share is $5 million.
Recovery Act requires that several new conditions be placed on all awards made with Recovery Act funds, including Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements for contractors; use of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States; and more frequent project reporting. 

Additional criteria were added to ensure awardees meet the goals and intent of the Recovery Act.
The FOA will close Friday, May 22, 2009.

The FOA can be found at http://www.grants.gov/search/basic.do by entering number the funding opportunity number 09SF811499.

 

Last Updated: 4/8/09