Lewiston Orchards Project Pilot Water Exchange

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This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamation’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. It is Reclamation’s intent to award financial assistance to the Lewistoin Orchards Irrigation District (LOID) to complete design and construction activities for a pilot project to further investigate the practicality of the well field alternative as an alternative water supply. The objective of the new groundwater well is to exchange a portion of the Lewiston Orchards Project’s current surface water source for groundwater from the new well, to partially resolve impacts to endangered steelhead and their habitat caused by surface withdrawals of irrigation water. This project will carry out the public purpose of funding projects that will lead to habitat improvements within the Lapwai Basin, which will benefit endangered steelhead in Sweetwater, Webb, and Lapwai Creeks.

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