Local Water Project Grants
PROGRAM BACKGROUND
Established is 2013, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District’s Local Water Project Grant Program encourages local agencies to apply for grant funding for projects that benefit water supply, including the development of new water supply to serve future needs of the Monterey Peninsula.
Goals
- Provide water supply in the District for potential future reallocation to the jurisdictions
- Provide water supply to the District for drought/rationing reserve (i.e., water that is not supplied to a beneficial use immediately upon project completion)
- Provide surplus production that could be “banked” in the Seaside Groundwater Basin
- Provide additional benefits to the region as described below
Additional Benefits
- Climate change adaptation
- Collaboration by multiple agencies and/or across jurisdictional boundaries
- Environmental equity
- Water quality management – river, ocean, groundwater
- Groundwater recharge
- Flood management and protection of property
- Environmental mitigation, fisheries protection, or habitat restoration
Grant Application Evaluation
- Project produces new water supply
- Amount of new supply
- Additional benefits determined to be of value to the community
- Feasibility of project
- Annual cost of water is determined by the District to be consistent with other water supply projects
- Project status with respect to permits, consultants, and land appear to be consistent with successful project completion
More Information
July 22, 2013, item 14 – Board established the local grant program
September 16, 2013, item 22 – Board awarded $100,000 to City of PG and $15,000 to MPAD
October 14, 2014, item 14 – Board awarded $75,000 to Monterey Fairgrounds
February 18, 2015, item 17 – Board awarded $100,000 to City of Pacific Grove
November 16, 2015, item 24 – Board awarded $85,000 to City of Monterey
October 17, 2022, item 4 – Board awarded $25,000 to City of Monterey