Western Water Agencies Team up with Federal Government to Offer Grants for Water-Saving Technologies

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The next generation of water-saving devices and technologies will get a
boost from some of the Southwest’s largest water agencies and the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation under the latest round of a competitive grant
program.

The Innovative Conservation Program provides direct grant funding for
studies of new conservation and water efficiency technologies through a
partnership among the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California, Reclamation, Western Resource Advocates, Southern Nevada
Water Authority, Central Arizona Project and Southern California Gas
Company. The goal is to help permanently reduce the region’s water use
by evaluating the water savings potential and reliability of new
technologies.

The grant application period closes March 22. A total of $550,000 will
be competitively awarded to proposals seeking up to $50,000. An
informational webinar will be hosted Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m.
Registration information and additional details, including proposal
submission instructions, are available at http://mwdh2o.com/ICP.

Since ICP launched in 2001, the program has awarded 67 grants totaling
$2.4 million during six two-year funding cycles. The program has funded
research into technologies that cut the water needs of grass, irrigation
systems for vineyards and other crops, recycled water systems for
particular water-intensive machines, a device the uses minimal water to
clean patios and large surface areas, and a myriad of other technologies
developed by entrepreneurs, research institutes, equipment manufacturers
and public agencies.

Contacts

Metropolitan
Rebecca Kimitch, (213) 217-6450; (202) 821-5253, mobile
or
CAP
Crystal
Thompson, (623) 869-2138; (602) 321-9349, mobile
or
SNWA
Scott
Huntley, (702) 258-7258; (702) 249-4453, mobile
or
Reclamation
Doug
Hendrix, (702) 293-8391; (702) 622-7028, mobile
or
Western
Resource Advocates
Chris Arend, Communications Consultant, (303)
908-7910