Department of the Interior — Bureau of Reclamation · Water & Wastewater · Disaster Resilience
Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Grants
Funds water-efficiency, drought-resilience, and water-marketing projects in the 17 Western states. Cities apply for Water and Energy Efficiency Grants, Drought Response Program, or Small-Scale Water Efficiency Grants.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $100K – $5M
- Non-federal match
- 50% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFOs; multiple sub-programs per cycle.
- Typical prep time
- 8–16 weeks
- Statutory authority
- SECURE Water Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. §10361 et seq.)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Eligibility limited to 17 Western states (AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY). Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.