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WaterSMART Grants provide cost-shared funding for the following types of projects:
- Water and Energy Efficiency Grants - for projects that save water, improve energy efficiency, address endangered species and other environmental issues, and facilitate transfers to new uses. Read More→
- System Optimization Review Grants - A System Optimization Review is a broad look at system-wide efficiency focused on improving efficiency and operations of a water delivery system, water district, or water basin. The Review results in a plan of action that focuses on improving efficiency and operations on a regional and basin perspective. Read More→
- Advanced Water Treatment and Pilot and Demonstration Project Grants - for pilot and demonstration projects that address the technical, economic, and environmental viability of treating and using brackish groundwater, seawater, impaired waters, or otherwise creating new water supplies within a specific locale. Read More→
- Grants to Develop Climate Analysis Tools - for projects focused on the information gaps detailed in the joint Reclamation and United Stated Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Report titled "Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management: User Needs for Improving Tools and Information" (Section 3). Projects support the ongoing efforts under 9503(b) of the SECURE Water Act and may help narrow uncertainties, provide information in more usable forms, or develop more robust strategies for incorporating uncertainty into water management decision-making.
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, intends to grant to AYON, LLC, P.O. Box 2092, Merrifield, VA, 22116, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application No. 16/873,717, “METHOD FOR PURIFYING AND RECOVERING SOVENT FROM ION EXCHANGE PROCESSES”, filed on June 11, 2020.
Levi Brekke, Program Manager - Research and Development Office, DOI Bureau of Reclamation,303-445-2494, lbrekke@usbr.gov.
The Federal Government’s patent rights in this
invention are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of
the Interior. It is in the public interest to so license this invention as AYON, LLC, has submitted a request for license in the context of a collaborative research and development agreement with Reclamation on the further development and commercialization of this technology. The prospective exclusive license may be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published Notice, Reclamation receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.