R24AP00617
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
The City of Dodge City is a municipality in southwest Kansas.
The city is faced with a rapidly depleting source of water (the Ogallala Aquifer), degrading water quality, frequent and severe drought, no surface water availability, significant competition for existing groundwater resources, economic growth opportunities, and population growth.
In an effort to promote groundwater sustainability and continued economic development, the city has concluded that wastewater reuse via managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the most viable solution to the water supply crisis.
The MAR project will discharge treated wastewater effluent into the dry Arkansas Riverbed which will recharge the Ogallala Aquifer and create additional groundwater resources at existing city wells.
Initially, the project will treat 4.1 million gallons per day (MGD) of wastewater for discharge into the Arkansas Riverbed.
The city is faced with a rapidly depleting source of water (the Ogallala Aquifer), degrading water quality, frequent and severe drought, no surface water availability, significant competition for existing groundwater resources, economic growth opportunities, and population growth.
In an effort to promote groundwater sustainability and continued economic development, the city has concluded that wastewater reuse via managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the most viable solution to the water supply crisis.
The MAR project will discharge treated wastewater effluent into the dry Arkansas Riverbed which will recharge the Ogallala Aquifer and create additional groundwater resources at existing city wells.
Initially, the project will treat 4.1 million gallons per day (MGD) of wastewater for discharge into the Arkansas Riverbed.
Awardee
Grant Program (CFDA)
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Ford,
Kansas
United States
Geographic Scope
County-Wide
City Of Dodge City was awarded
Groundwater Sustainability Grant for Dodge City, Kansas
Project Grant R24AP00617
worth $14,250,000
from the Bureau of Reclamation in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Kansas United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 15.504 Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse.
$42,750,000 (75.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity WaterSMART: Title XVI WIIN Act Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/1/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/7/26
End Date
Funding Split
$14.2M
Federal Obligation
$42.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$57.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
R24AP00617
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Awarding Office
140R60 GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL OFFICE
Funding Office
140R81 DENVER FED CENTER
Awardee UEI
LBVGGB6J66S5
Awardee CAGE
57Y46
Performance District
KS-01
Senators
Jerry Moran
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall
Modified: 1/1/25