Continuous Application Process Suspended
At this time the Continuous Application Process has been suspended. DWR is not accepting applications at this time.
DWR implemented the Continuous Application Process, referred to as CAP, in March 2018. CAP uses the same submittal and review process described in the Round 4 Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP) and is supplemented with the Continuous Application Process Guidance. Applications are reviewed and qualified projects awarded on a first-ready, first-served basis until all available funds are awarded.
To date, DWR has awarded over $123 million in grants funded by Proposition 50 and Proposition 1. Projects funded by the Water Desalination Grant Program have included feasibility studies, research, design pilots, and construction projects to support the evaluation, development, and implementation of potable groundwater and surface water desalination projects in California. CAP projects are listed below.
CAP 1 – Total of $1.3 million awarded on March 28, 2019
Grantee
|
Project Title
|
Project Type
|
Approved Grant
|
West Basin Municipal Water District - Decline Grant
|
C. Marvin Brewer Desalter Facility Improvements Project
|
Construction |
$547,295
Project was canceled. Grant returned to Program. |
West Basin Municipal Water District |
Full-Scale Ocean Water Desalination Facility Environmental Documentation |
Environmental Documentation |
$500,000 |
City of Thousand Oaks |
Los Robles Golf Course Groundwater Utilization (Phase 1-Feasibility Study) |
Feasibility Study |
$111,326 |
City of Simi Valley Water Department |
Feasibility Study to Develop the Simi Valley Groundwater Basin as a Potable Resource |
Feasibility Study |
$144,685 |
CAP 2 - Total of $14 million awarded on June 11, 2019
Grantee |
Project Title |
Project Type |
Approved Grant |
Southern California Edison Company |
Southern California Edison Catalina (Avalon) Desalination Plant 2 |
Construction |
$3,610,575 |
California American Water Company |
Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project |
Construction |
$10,000,000 |
City of Thousand Oaks |
Robles Golf Course Groundwater Utilization Pilot Project |
Design Pilot |
$426,830 |
CAP 3 -Total of $24.1 million awarded on November 26, 2019
Grantee |
Project Title |
Project Type |
Approved Grant |
West Basin Municipal Water District - Decline Grant
|
C. Marvin Brewer Desalter Facility Improvements Project |
Construction |
$4,185,681
Project was canceled. Grant returned to Program. |
Southern California Edison Company |
Southern California (Avalon) Salt-Water Well, Desalination Facility, Storage & Distribution System |
Construction |
$10,000,000 |
City of Santa Monica |
Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis (CCRO) Project |
Construction |
$10,000,000 |
CAP 4 – Total of $562,500 awarded on May 26, 2021
Grantee
|
Project Title |
Project Type |
Approved Grant |
San Diego County Water Authority |
Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant Wedge-wire Screen Demonstration Project |
Design Pilot |
$562,500 |
CAP 5 – Total of $5.04 million awarded on March 1, 2023
Grantee
|
Project Title |
Project Type |
Approved Grant |
Water Replenishment District of Southern California |
Brewer Well Optimization Project at Goldsworthy Desalter |
Construction |
$2,058,307 |
City of Fort Bragg |
Oneka Seawater Desalination Buoy Design Pilot Study |
Design Pilot |
$1,490,000 |
Westlands Water District |
Desalination and On-Farm Recycling Project |
Design Pilot |
$1,500,000 |
CAP 6 - Total of $1 million awarded on May 12, 2025
Grantee
|
Project Title |
Project Type |
Approved Grant |
City of Oceanside |
Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility Well Expansion and Brine Minimization |
Construction |
$1,000,000 |
Project Types for Continuous Applications
The Water Desalination Grant Program reopened the CAP for Construction and Design Pilot applications in September 2024. Grants awarded from these funds are referred to as CAP6.
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Construction project generally consists of the design and construction of a full-scale permanent desalination facility and related infrastructure to result in an operable municipal water supply project. A construction project can include funding for design, but design will not be funded as a stand-alone project. Construction projects that depend upon future phases for an operable facility are not eligible.
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Design Pilot project is a small-scale prototype for a full-scale project or a full-scale component of a project and is intended to refine design criteria, aid site selection, or study particular technologies or methodologies (conventional or innovative) for the purpose of implementing an already proposed full-scale municipal desalination facility.
Schedule
Date
|
Activity/Milestone
|
July 2, 2024
11 AM - Noon
|
Public webinar on Continuous Application Process (CAP 6)
|
September 18, 2024 |
GRanTS open to begin accepting applications through the Continuous Application Process CAP6 |
September 19, 2024 |
Applications Due at 5:00pm |
December 2024 |
Release of CAP6 Draft Funding Recommendations |
February 21, 2025
11AM - Noon |
Public webinar on the Draft Funding Recommendation for Public Review for the Continuous Application Process (CAP 6)
|
June 2025 |
Release of CAP6 Grant Awards |
Resources
- Continuous Application Process Guidance - This brief document provides additional information for topics such as notifying DWR of the application submittal through GRanTS and how funding recommendation notifications will occur.
- Proposal Solicitation Package:
Application Attachment Templates and Additional Guidance
Send email to DesalPSP@water.ca.gov to request these files. The on-line Grant Review and Tracking System (GRanTS) has two general parts:
- Completion of the online form and question within GRanTS
- Up to 22 electronic files, depending on the project type, as shown below:
Links to the attachments with templates will be provided upon request. For attachments with a provided template, the template is required to be used. The other attachments require the applicant to provide the requested information in files they create or as existing documents. Guidance is also provided below for Attachment 20, Economic Analysis. See more information in the following table
Att.
|
Title
|
Required for Construction Application
|
Required for Design Pilot Application
|
Template*
|
Additional Guidance*
|
1
|
Signature Page
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
2
|
Proposal Authorization
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
3
|
Water Legislation Compliance
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
4
|
Cost Share Funding Contributions
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
5
|
Funding Match Agreement
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
6
|
Project Background
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
7
|
Technical/Scientific Merit
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
8
|
Scope of Work
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
9
|
Work Plan
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
10
|
Project Budget
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
11
|
Project Schedule
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
12
|
Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimations
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
13
|
Outreach and Community Involvement
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
14
|
Project Benefits
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
15
|
Environmental Documentation
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
16
|
Feasibility Study
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
17
|
Project Plans and Specifications
|
X
|
|
|
|
18
|
Project Team Qualifications
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
19
|
Plan of Study for Feasibility Study
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
Economic Analysis
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
21
|
Other Information
|
|
|
X
|
|
22
|
Reduction or Waiver of Cost Share for Disadvantaged Communities
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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* Send email to DesalPSP@water.ca.gov to request these files.
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If an applicant is resubmitting an application that was previously submitted to DWR, please include the form entitled Status of Attachments Resubmitted under the Continuous Application Process as part of the application when resubmitting an amended proposal previously reviewed under and not yet funded within this Water Desalination Grant Program. See the Application Resubmittal Section of the Continuous Application Process Guidance for additional information on resubmittals.