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<br />^~n,jull,'mI9 <br />Mu~hI6-17.2004lloan.ll.l""tll\l! <br />l'ugc4of'l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />4....j' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water 2025. Prevanflnf}CrisesimdConnictln/lleWes/1 <br /> <br />WATER 2025: PREVENTING CRISES AND CONFLICT IN THE WEST <br />Western Water Initiative Challenge Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2004 <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS <br />More Information on the Challenge Grant PrOgram Is available at <br />w_.dol.gov/wate.-2025/grant.html <br />Department oflho Intorlor <br />Bureau of Roclamatlon <br />Fobruary2004 <br /> <br />OVERVIEW <br /> <br />FederelAgency Narrlo: <br />Fllnding Opportun<ty Tille: <br />Annour\CemenlType <br />Funding Ol)pOl1unity Numbor: <br />Calalog of FOdnrel Domestie <br />Assislance(CfDA) Numbor' <br />Dotes <br />EllglbloApplicants <br />CostSI13rl;l <br />funding Amount <br />Estlmalednumberofagrn"man18 <br />loboawardoo' <br />Tolalemounloffundlng <br />avellable for Ilward' <br /> <br />Department of l/1e Interior, Buroau 01 RedamatlOll, Denvnr, CO <br />Water2025:P'evenllngCriSllllandCon"'c\intlmWMt <br />Inill.a18l1oouncemllnt <br />04SF810957 <br /> <br />15BDA (New progrnm-psoudo colle In lieu of CFDA numbor) <br />Applk;allonsdueAprIl8,2004.Joop.m,MST <br />Irngationll/1dlorwaterdlstrictslocllledinlhewl;Islern Unitlt(! Stoles all <br />ldl;lnlif,ed In the Reclamalion Act of June 17, 1902,lIsemended <br />50% or more 01 pmjeclC05ts <br />Up 10 $JOO,OOO por egreemeol <br /> <br />15-100 <br /> <br />$4,000,000 <br /> <br />I, FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />A.1 BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Watar Is Ihe lIfeblood of l/1e AmartCan West end the foundallOll of Its economy More than a century 090, Anmik;lIn <br />pioneers began hafM8Ssing the water 01 the Wesl, open\llng vast new lands for selllement and development, <br />Today, lhe Amerlcan WlIllt IS l/1e fastest growing region of lhe COIJnlry, and wHler is ilS SCIIr<:ftt r8llOlJrce, <br /> <br />Waler 2025: Prevenfl'tg Cn.sls BOO CQIlflict In the W"'s/Ill inlended to focus attenhon on the re91~y lhal e~plos",e <br />populallOllll'owth In westetn urban lIIellS, IheemerglngneedfOlwate<fOl9MVl(onmeflle landrecrelllionlllus.os, <br />and Ihe naUonallmpoP1allC9 of the domeslit'; prodllcUon of food and fibel' from weslom forms IInd ranches are <br />driVIng major conn'els between lhesa competIng uses of wHler. <br /> <br />Today, In some a'eas 01 the West, ex,sling waler suppl>e8 Bfll, Of wlil be, Inadequate 10 meet the waler damendll 01 <br />people, clliell,farrns, Ilndlhell/1vlronmllf11 even undornormBlwalar sup>"ycondlllonS <br /> <br />Waler2025,recognilelllhetsleteandlocelgovernmeolsshouldhevealeOOrl19 role In moetlng these challengo>S, <br />and thai 11m Departmenl of the Inler>or(Dapar1menl) should IocUB ilS etlllf1t;on andexislln g resources on ereas <br />where scarce federal dollars Can provide lhe grealesl bonef~s to the West and the reSI of tha Nallon. <br /> <br />Tha mISSion of the Bureau 01 ReclamallOn (ReclamatIon) it. to manage, develop, end protoc;t Walar and related <br />resources In IIn env~onmentally and economically soond manner in the Inlar",,1 of tlm Amerlcan pllbl!c. <br />