Opportunity Information: Apply for G22AS00311
The USGS Water Use Data and Research (WUDR) Program Announcement for Fiscal Year 2022, Round 2 (Funding Opportunity Number G22AS00311) is a discretionary, two-year cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through its Water Availability and Use Science Program (WAUSP). The main goal is to provide financial support to State water resource agencies that already collect or manage water-use data, helping them strengthen how that data is gathered, estimated, organized, and reported so it can contribute more effectively to national water-use understanding and planning.
A central purpose of the opportunity is to improve the availability, quality, compatibility, and delivery of State water-use information. In practice, that means supporting States in producing more consistent and usable datasets across water-use categories (for example, irrigation or public supply) and ensuring those datasets can be integrated with USGS systems and other related USGS datasets. This is not just about creating reports; it is also about modernizing and standardizing the underlying data so water managers and the public can use it more easily for decision-making, trend analysis, and planning.
The legal authority for the program comes from Public Law 111-11 (Subtitle F, SECURE Water Act), Section 9508, which established the "National Water Availability and Use Assessment Program." A key requirement tied to this authority is that any water-use or water-availability datasets produced with these funds must be made available in a machine-readable, open format. The intent is to remove barriers to reuse and allow USGS to directly integrate State-produced datasets into broader national assessments.
This opportunity also ties explicitly to Department of the Interior Secretarial priorities by strengthening the capacity of State agencies to monitor current water-use conditions and anticipate potential future conflicts as environmental conditions and water demands change. By improving the consistency and accessibility of water-use data, the program supports better planning around shortages, changing supply conditions, and competing needs among sectors.
The WUDR effort sits within the long-running USGS National Water Use Science Project, which has produced national water-use estimates since 1950, historically published in five-year reporting cycles. Those national estimates rely on a mix of scientific and statistical methods and depend heavily on State-level data collection and estimation. The cooperative agreements are designed to reinforce that pipeline by helping State agencies assemble and deliver the detailed information that underpins credible national totals and long-term trend tracking. The broader value is that water-use estimates help complete the picture of water resources by connecting water availability, timing, quality, and actual demand across different uses.
Operationally, the USGS work supporting this program is distributed through Water Science Centers in all 50 States, U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. Water-use data collection is described as collaborative by design, involving partnerships with State and other Federal agencies, Tribes, water authorities, counties and local communities, corporations, academia, and the private sector. The cooperative agreement model emphasizes coordination and communication between USGS water-use scientists and State agencies, with an aim of improving both the data itself and the working relationships that keep data flowing reliably over time.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized under Natural Resources, uses the cooperative agreement funding instrument, and is listed under CFDA number 15.981. Eligible applicants are State water resource agencies that collect or manage water-use data (the listing notes eligibility as "Others," but the narrative repeatedly specifies State water resource agencies as the intended participants). The opportunity originally closed on 2022-06-03, was created on 2022-05-04, and lists an award ceiling of $125,000. The announcement references examples of previously funded work under the USGS Water-Use Data and Research Program, indicating continuity with earlier State-USGS efforts focused on strengthening water-use datasets and reporting workflows.Apply for G22AS00311
- The Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USGS Water Use Data and Research Program Announcement for Fiscal Year 2022, Round 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.981.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-05-04.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-06-03. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $125,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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