Water Reclamation Research under the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program for Fiscal Year 2016 | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Water Reclamation Research opportunity under the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program (FY 2016) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (DOI-BOR). It is rooted in Title XVI of Public Law 102-575, which directs Reclamation to identify and investigate ways to reclaim and reuse municipal wastewater as well as naturally impaired groundwater and surface water. The geographic focus is the 17 Western States plus Hawaii, reflecting where Reclamation’s water supply and infrastructure mission is most directly concentrated.

The main purpose of the Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support applied research and research studies that help communities and water providers tackle water supply challenges by scaling practical water reuse solutions. The program is geared toward real-world outcomes such as establishing new water reuse markets, expanding existing reuse markets, improving performance and reliability at existing reuse facilities, and making it easier and faster to implement up-to-date treatment approaches in new facilities. In other words, it is not just about generating academic findings; it is about producing research that can be used to make water reuse projects more feasible, more efficient, and more broadly adopted.

A central feature of this opportunity is cost sharing. Under Title XVI, Reclamation can fund up to 25 percent of the total cost of eligible water recycling and reuse research studies, meaning applicants must bring significant non-federal cost share to the table (at least 75 percent of the total project cost, based on the stated cap). This structure is intended to ensure that the research is strongly supported by partners who have a practical stake in the results, such as utilities, regional water managers, industry groups, or other sponsors positioned to apply the research to actual reuse systems.

The FOA specifically emphasizes deploying “state of the art” technology. Here, “state of the art” is defined narrowly as the latest and most advanced technologies or processes that are currently available in the industry for deployment and implementation. That definition matters because it also draws a boundary around what is not targeted: the program is not meant for early-stage innovative concepts that still require pilot-scale or demonstration research to prove they work. Instead, the focus is on studies and work that accelerate adoption, improve implementation, optimize operations, reduce barriers, or expand markets using technologies that are already mature enough for real deployment.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and it falls under CFDA number 15.504. The funding opportunity number is R16 FOA DO 011. The posted and created dates are both February 18, 2016, and the application closing date is April 20, 2016. The maximum federal award amount listed is $300,000, setting a ceiling on how much Reclamation would contribute per award under this announcement.

Eligibility is listed as “Others,” with clarification referenced in an additional eligibility section (not included in the excerpt). That label typically signals that the applicant pool may extend beyond a single standard category and may include a mix of entities depending on the FOA’s detailed eligibility language, potentially involving partnerships among public agencies, utilities, research organizations, and other qualified sponsors. The overall theme is that projects should be sponsor-driven, cost-shared, and designed to produce usable outcomes that expand and strengthen water reuse as a dependable water supply option across the Western U.S. and Hawaii.

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