4 Nevada agencies receive federal water conservation grants

Four Nevada h2o projects are among 82 nationwide selected by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to person a full of $5.5 cardinal successful assistance money.

“Through a comparatively tiny investment, Reclamation tin enactment occidental communities with assistance backing to amended h2o conservation and reliability,” Chief Engineer David Raff said successful a quality release. “These small, community-driven projects assistance amended h2o resiliency successful these communities arsenic they question to conscionable aboriginal h2o needs.”

Boulder City received the maximum $75,000 to assistance upgrade 306 manual work meters to automatic systems. The caller meters volition let the metropolis to walk little clip gathering information and to get much close readings passim the city.

Henderson volition usage its $30,763 assistance to upgrade 128 meters with cell-based registers. The task volition assistance trim vigor usage and heighten the information disposable to customers, according to the release.

The Moapa Valley Water District besides received the maximum magnitude and volition usage the wealth to upgrade h2o meters passim the district.

The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District volition usage its $71,670 assistance to instal radios and information loggers astatine sites passim the area.

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