The Department of Water Resources (
DWR
) has released a draft of the WATER DESALINATION GRANT PROGRAM!!
This is one of CalDesal's top priorities and CalDesal has been working with the State to release the $100 Million set aside for desalination in the Proposition 1 Water Bond measure passed in 2014.
After many years of working to get DWR to provide a grant program for these funds, recently DWR announced the release of it's Public Review Draft of the Water Desalination grant program.
They will hold workshops and look for input - with Comments due
5:00 pm on May 12th 2017.
CalDesal will participate and work with our members to provide beneficial comments to the State on this Program.
This is more good news for desalination in California.
Below is a part of the DWR release and links to their web site!
======= DWR Announcement on the Water Desalination Grant Program =====
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released its Public Review Draft of the Water Desalination Grant Program Round 4 Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP). DWR will hold a minimum of three workshops to inform interested parties about the draft and to request public comments. Comments are due by 5:00 pm on May 12th.
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environmental documentation projects, and design and research pilot
projects. The overall goal of the program is to fund projects that advance desalinated water as one of many water resource management strategies in the state to meet municipal water supply needs or create or improve municipal drinking water supply resiliency and reliability. Both brackish water and seawater desalination are addressed in the program. The PSP contains program guidelines and application procedures.
The Public Review Draft PSP and other information are available on the DWR website:
Encouraged to attend are persons representing public entities involved with water management activities including: cities, counties, joint power authorities, public water districts, universities and colleges, tribes, non-profit organizations, investor-owned utilities, mutual water companies, and State agencies.
It is estimated that a final PSP will be posted June 2017, after which DWR will begin accepting applications for funding desalination projects.
========= END of DWR Announcement ===========
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