Title
Apply for Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART: Water Recycling and Desalination Planning Grant Opportunity for Federal Fiscal Year 2022-23 - Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding (Ordinance S-49581)
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or their designee, to apply for and accept, and if awarded, enter into an agreement for disbursement of Federal funding from the Bureau of Reclamation through the Federal Fiscal Year 2022-23 WaterSMART: Water Recycling and Desalination Planning grant opportunity. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. The total grant funds applied for will not exceed $1 million and the City’s local match will not exceed $13,705,799.
Report
Summary
The Water Services Department (WSD) submitted a grant application to the Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation for a WaterSMART: Water Recycling and Desalination Planning grant to fund a project that pertains to water reuse at the Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant. If awarded, WSD would utilize grant funds for a demonstration facility for Advanced Water Purification at the Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant to augment current water supplies. The grant project period will extend over three years.
The WaterSMART: Water Recycling and Desalination Planning grant submittal deadline was Feb. 28, 2023.
Due to the timing of the deadlines and a shortage of City staff, WSD submitted applications prior to obtaining City Council approval. If City Council does not approve this retroactive request, the application will be withdrawn by WSD.
Financial Impact
The estimated total cost for the project is approximately $14,705,799. The maximum federal participation rate is 50 percent with a minimum local match of 50 percent of the total eligible project cost. If awarded, the federal grant would not exceed $1 million and the City’s costs would be approximately $13,705,799 for the local match.
Funding for the local match is available in the Water Services Department’s Capital Improvement Program budget. Potential grant funding received is available through the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law from the Bureau of Reclamation through the Federal Fiscal Year 2022-23 WaterSMART: Water Recycling and Desalination Planning grant opportunity.
Location
Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant
Council District: 2
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Ginger Spencer and Mario Paniagua and the Water Services Department.