Department of Water Resources – Proposition 1 IRWM Funding Opportunity
On November 4, 2014, California voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. Proposition 1 authorized the appropriation of $510 million in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) funding for Implementation, Planning, and Disadvantaged Community Involvement efforts to each Funding Area.
The Proposition 1 IRWM Grant Program, administered by DWR, provides funding for projects that help meet the long term water needs of the state, including:
- To assist water infrastructure systems adapt to climate change;
- To provide incentives throughout each watershed to collaborate in managing the region’s water resources and setting regional priorities for water infrastructure; and
- To improve regional water self-reliance, while reducing reliance on Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
The Mountain Counties Overlay funding area includes the foothills and mountains of the western slope of the Sierra. The area extends from the southern tip of Lassen County to the northern part of Fresno County. The funding area includes all Plumas, Tuolumne, and Mariposa counties and portions of Shasta, Lassen, Butte, Sierra, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Sacramento, Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, and Fresno counties. The major watersheds within the Mountain Counties include the Feather, Yuba, Bear, American Cosumnes, Mokelumne, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, Chowchilla, Fresno, and San Joaquin.
