Metropolitan is implementing a second round of the Future Supply Actions Funding Program (FSA Funding Program) to reduce barriers to future local groundwater, recycling, stormwater and seawater desalination supply development. The ultimate goal of the program is to help the region to adapt to future uncertainties like climate change by allowing water agencies to accelerate the development of these local supplies should the need arise.

The 2018 FSA Funding Program includes two elements:

• $3.5 Request for Proposals (RFP) for member agency research and pilot studies; and
• $975,000 funding agreement with the Water Research Foundation for six potable reuse studies and one agricultural reuse study. 

The RFP for member agency studies was released on July 6 and closes on August 31 at 1:00 p.m. A non-mandatory pre-proposal webinar will be held on July 26 from 10:00 to 12:00. The webinar will be open to member agencies, potential partners and other stakeholders.

The 2018 FSA Funding Program is a follow-up to the successful Foundation Actions Funding Program (FAF Program) which was launched in 2013 and completed in 2017. The 2013 FAF Program funded 13 member agency studies totaling $3.0 million. Metropolitan renamed the program to Future Supply Actions in the 2015 Integrated Research Plan Update. 

Click here to learn more about the 2018 FSA Funding Program

Click here to learn more about the 2013 FAF Program.