Assistance Listing 15.560

SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements

Department of the Interior · Bureau of Reclamation

Assistance Listing 15.560, “SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements,” is a federal program administered by Department of the Interior. It provides cooperative agreement assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 3 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $23.7M in obligations for fiscal year 2025. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 108 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY.

Funding up 21% (FY24→FY25)Actual obligations reported in the SAM.gov listing changed +21% from FY2024 to FY2025. Historical data, not a prediction. calculated by GrantsJunction

Program objective

To fund research activities that are designed to conserve water resources, increase the efficiency of the use of water resources, and/or enhance the management of water resources, including increasing the use of renewable energy in the management and delivery of water.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 15.560

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

Small Business Person
U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government
Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
State
Tribal
Nonprofit Organization
Not-for-Profit Organization
For-Profit Organization
Other
Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages)
County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
Other Special Disctrict Government

In accordance with P.L. 111-11, Section 9504(b), eligible applicants include any: university, nonprofit research institution, or other organization with water or power delivery authority. In accordance with P.L. 111-11, Section 9509, there are no restrictions on the type of organization eligibility.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$19.6M

FY25

$23.7M

FY26

$6.6M est.

Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): Range: $15,000-$2,500,000 Average: $895,000

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.560. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 108 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 15.560, and prime recipients reported 5 sub-awards to other organizations.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22

$6.64M

FY23

$12.4M

FY24

$19.5M

FY25

$23.8M

FY26

$1.74M

Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY26 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Largest recipients since October 1, 2023

Where recipients are located

California$22.2M
Arizona$6M
Colorado$3.46M
Utah$3.05M
Oregon$2.67M
North Carolina$1.69M
Idaho$1.14M
Nevada$887K
Hawaii$650K
Washington$600K

All 18 states and territories

Texas $589K · Michigan $568K · Iowa $300K · New Mexico $190K · Massachusetts $150K · Oklahoma $45.9K · Florida $43.6K · Rhode Island $38.1K

Most recent awards

GARVER LLC · TXGOALS AND OBJECTIVES: TO DEVELOP A BRINE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION USING AN ADVANCED DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING AN ADVANCED ELECTRODIALYSIS METATHESIS (EDM) SYSTEM, AN ELECTRONICALLY DRIVEN MEMBRANE BASED SEPARATION PROCESS, TO INCREASE THE OVERALL RECOVERY RATE AND REDUCE THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF BRINE BEING PRODUCED. THIS RESEARCH IS CRITICAL TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN AND BUILD AN ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION $300KStarts Feb 27, 2026 · Award ↗
BIOMILAB LLC · MIIT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT ONCE DREISSENID MUSSELS ARE ESTABLISHED IN A LARGE WATERWAY, ERADICATION IS NEITHER LOGISTICALLY NOR ECONOMICALLY REALISTIC. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH RECLAMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANTI-DREISSENID AGENT (ADA) THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF ELIMINATING INVASIVE DREISSENIDS FROM WATER BODIES OF ANY SIZE, SAFELY, COST-EFFECTIVELY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITHOUT DAMAGING T$568KStarts Feb 17, 2026 · Award ↗
PURE BLUE TECH INC. · WADATE: JUNE 24, 2024 APPLICANT: PURE BLUE TECH INC. ADDRESS: 1329 MARIETTA AVE, BELLINGHAM, WHATCOM COUNTY, WA 98226 ESTIMATED DURATION: 21 MONTHS ESTIMATED TIMELINE: JANUARY 2025 ? SEPTEMBER 2026 PURE BLUE TECH INC. (PBT) PROPOSES A PROJECT TO PROTOTYPE AND PILOT SENSOR INTEGRATED REVERSE OSMOSIS (SIRO) MEMBRANE ELEMENTS AND A DIGITAL MONITORING SYSTEM TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF DESALINATION A$300KStarts Dec 16, 2025 · Award ↗
ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT · CAWATER REUSE OFFERS A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO MEET GROWING WATER DEMANDS. IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRES DILIGENT MONITORING AND RIGOROUS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS TO ENSURE ROBUST TREATMENT SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED AND MAINTAINED FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WHILE MEASUREMENT OF CHEMICAL WATER QUALITY AND OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS PROVIDES CRITICAL ENGINEERING CONTROLS TO ENSURE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY W$200KStarts Dec 4, 2025 · Award ↗
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES · COJULY 22, 2024, DR. JOHAN VANNESTE, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, GOLDEN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO. ? THIS PROPOSAL IMPLEMENTS THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION?S DESALINATION AND WATER PURIFICATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (DWPR) PRIORITIES OF IMPROVING CONVENTIONAL AND NOVEL HIGH-RECOVERY PLUG FLOW REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH SCALING CONTROL AND CONCENTRATE MINIMIZATION. THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS ON A PREVIOUS $300KStarts Dec 1, 2025 · Award ↗
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO FOUNDATION · CAPURPOSE: THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (SJRIP) HAS SUPPORTED CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL USE ON 100,000 ACRES OF PRIME LAND BY PROVIDING CRITICAL SALT MANAGEMENT, AND IT NOW SERVES AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE SALINITY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN CALIFORNIAS CENTRAL VALLEY. TOOLS LIKE THE HYDRUS MODEL ARE ENHANCING ITS EFFECTIVENESS BY GUIDING SUSTAINABLE FORAGE CULTIVATION AND INFORMING LONG-TERM SALT $98.8KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION · NVTHE DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (DRI) PREPARED THIS WORK AS PART OF THE KLAMATH RIVER REVISED NATURAL FLOW STUDY (KRRNFS). IN 2020 AS PART OF THE KLAMATH BASIN SCIENCE INITIATIVE, THE UNITED STATES (U.S.) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) TASKED RECLAMATION WITH ESTIMATING REFINED NATURAL STREAMFLOW ESTIMATES THROUGHOUT THE KLAMATH RIVER BASIN IN A COMPREHENSIVE NATURAL FLOW STUDY (NFS). FOR THE NFS,$488KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · UTUNDER THIS AGREEMENT, RECLAMATION SHALL PROVIDE FUNDING TO UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (USU) TO 1) HIRE A MASTERS STUDENT TO INVESTIGATE THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF GREEN SUNFISH AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, AND 2) HIRE A PHD STUDENT TO COMPILE PRE-EXISTING DATA AND CONDUCT SURVEYS TO ASSESS INTERCONNECTIVITY OF RED SHINER POPULATIONS IN THE VERDE RIVER AND VIRGIN RIVER AND INCORPORAT$611KStarts Sep 2, 2025 · Award ↗
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · NCERROR AND BIAS IN SNOW DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM (SNODAS) ESTIMATES, AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR HYDROLOGIC MODELING AND WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS, HAVE BEEN EXPLORED BY NUMEROUS AUTHORS. GUIDED IN PART BY THEIR FINDINGS, WE SEEK TO IMPROVE THE SKILL OF THE SPATIAL INTERPOLATION USED IN SNODAS ASSIMILATION. WE HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED A CROSS-VALIDATION METHOD TO ASSESS THE SKILL OF THE INVERSE DISTANCE$399KStarts Aug 6, 2025 · Award ↗
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · ORPROJECT WILL EXAMINE THE INFLUENCE OF WHOLE VALLEY-FLOOR RESTORATION (I.E., RESTORATION TO A STAGE-0 CONDITION) ON LATE SUMMER BASEFLOWS IN MEADOW CREEK USING TWO COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES.FIRST, THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL MECHANISMS INFLUENCING THE WATER BUDGET LINKING A SURFACE FLOW MODEL (HEC-RAS-2D) WITH A GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL (FLOPY) TO SIMULATE A VARIETY OF PRE- AND POST-RESTORA$117KStarts Aug 1, 2025 · Award ↗

Pass-through funding: largest sub-awards

Prime recipients (often state agencies, universities or national organizations) passed funding to these organizations. If your organization can't apply directly, a prime recipient may run its own sub-grant competition.

WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCILfrom LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY$119K · Dec 18, 2023
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITYfrom REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$66.1K · Mar 26, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISfrom UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT$64.8K · Feb 4, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISfrom UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT$62.1K · Jan 21, 2025
HARC, INC.from REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE$41.9K · Apr 11, 2024

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Recently closed under 15.560

Closed opportunities under 15.560
Opportunity	Status	Award range	Closes	ALN
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot FY 24Bureau of Reclamation	Closed	Up to $300K	Jul 24, 2024	15.560
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot FY 23Bureau of Reclamation	Closed	Up to $300K	Jun 20, 2023	15.506, 15.560
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2022Bureau of Reclamation	Closed	Up to $200K	Jul 12, 2022	15.506, 15.560

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 15.560?

15.560 is the Assistance Listing Number for “SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 15.560?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Small Business Person, U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia), Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government, Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized), Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, State, Tribal, Nonprofit Organization, Not-for-Profit Organization, For-Profit Organization, Other, Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages) and 3 more. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 15.560 provide?

The agency reported $23,700,000 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 15.560?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 108 grant awards under 15.560. The largest recipients by obligations were SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY ($15M), GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY ($5.65M), CAL POLY CORPORATION ($2.58M), NORTH UNIT IRRIGATION DISTRICT ($2.55M) and 1 more. Prime recipients also reported 5 sub-awards to other organizations. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.