Benita Lynn Horn, MWD

The World Water Forum offers $10,000 Grants to community colleges & universities for:

Research & Development Innovative Water Conservation Projects Local or Global Projects

Water-Stressed Regions

The research strands include: POLICY

TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS

** Note: Grant funds cannot be used towards travel expenses.

2010 – 2014Metropolitan sponsors the World Water Forum, in association with the following agencies:

2010 – 2014 Over the past 10 years, Metropolitan has disbursed $400,000 in grants to 22 colleges, benefitting 44 teams and 400 students.

2010 – 2014

Engineering:

(Civil, Construction, Electrical)

Landscape Irrigation Science

Environmental Science and Policy

Economics / Business

International Relations

Geophysical Sciences

Urban Planning

Journalism

Art

2010 – 2014

UC Santa Barbara Ground Chlorination and Distribution System for Kenya

San Diego State University Compressible Filters From Flexible Granular Media

CSU Long Beach An Integrated Water Recycling, Treatment & Landscape Design for Water Conservation at Gold Star Manor

2015 SPRING / FALL 2015

Convene WWF Advisory Council to plan events & RFP Topic

Issue Marketing Materials to Colleges

Host WWF “Kick-Off” Event

Issue Grant Applications to Colleges

Applications due – December 21, 2015

2016 SPRING / SUMMER 2016

Colleges commence research projects

MWD conducts campus site visits

2017 SPRING 2017

MWD hosts College Expo featuring team research projects

PERFORMANCE MEASURE

QUANTITATIVE

OUTCOME

COLLEGE /

EXAMPLE

Makes More Water Available

Acre Feet/Year

Reduces Water Treatment Costs

$ / Year

Reduces Per Capita Use

Gallons/ Capita / Day

Provides Technical Training

# of People

Provides Water Conservation and / or Hygiene/Public Health

Education

# of People/Students

Improves equitable access to fresh drinking water or

sanitation practices (e.g. by improving water quality)

# of People

Improves the environment and sustainability benefits (e.g. by

improving watershed runoff)

# of People

Cost associated with each of the physical quantitative

outcomes above

$/person, $/AF/yr and

Gallons/ Capita / Day

• IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL GUIDELINES, METROPOLITAN MUST ISSUE CONTRACTS TO THE SUB-RECIPIENTS (COLLEGES)

• THE GRANT FUNDING REPRESENTS TAXPAYER DOLLARS

•THE CONTRACTS DEFINE:

• FUNDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLLEGE AND METROPOLITAN

• PROJECT GOALS AND DELIVERABLES

• EACH COLLEGE MUST SUBMIT A W-9 FORM BEFORE AN INVOICE CAN BE SUBMITTED

As needed, the contract is reviewed and signed by (1 – 2 of) the following:

Faculty Advisor

Grants / Contracts Administrator

School Chancellor or President

General Counsel

The faculty advisor may need to facilitate the approval process.

Metropolitan is revising the contract template for the college funding agreements, to include an excerpt from OMB Circular A-21: Section K – Certification of Charges.

Quarterly submission of narrative and fiscal reports

Faculty cover letter (with signature) will accompany all expenditure reports

Expenditure reports must include copies of invoices, receipts and (if applicable) timesheets, accompanied by a General Ledger report

Funds might be disallowed for non-compliance.

Per the guidelines set forth by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, all inventions or intellectual property rights belong to the college.

However, the WWF sponsors reserve the right to exhibit the prototypes and/or publish the final reports.

MWD will schedule at least one site visit to assess your progress.

Metropolitan will try to provide 2 weeks notice

Pending availability, the following people might attend:

Funding Sponsors

Representatives from Member Agency

Representative from the Office of Congresswoman Napolitano (Honorary Chairperson)

Media Advisory

Pending management approval

Not issued for every site visit

PROGRESS REPORTS

FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FACULTY & STUDENTS SHALL:

- Provide 2 weeks notice, when possible - Coordinate all site visits with Benita Horn - Upon arrival and departure, check in with designated liaison / staff member - Wear appropriate safety gear when working with chemicals - As needed, attend a safety training session

AS A REMINDER, THE GRANT FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & MILEAGE.

THE FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR AIRFARE, CAR RENTAL OR LODGING.

THE DETAILS WILL BE OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT “D” OF THE CONTRACT.

USBR requires 3 bids for purchases above $1,000

This does not require a formal bidding process

For example, you may conduct a telephone or internet search comparing three (3) prices and attach your written summary to the expenditure report

As a reminder, each college will provide three (3) narrative (progress) and expenditure reports to MWD during the course of the contract

LOGOS Please include the names and logos of the funding sponsors on project-related documents or publications. Metropolitan must review the documents before they are printed.

CONTINUED SUCCESS!