Agricultural Water Infrastructure Program
AWI Closed
This program is no longer accepting applications. Please sign up to the newsletter to learn about similar opportunities.
If you are interested in funding for water infrastructure projects, please visit the Agriculture Water Infrastructure and Beneficial Management Practices Program.
Through AWI program, primary and Indigenous producers, conservation groups, water purveyors and Indigenous communities will have access to cost-shared funding to adapt to climate change by investing in water infrastructure.
The Agricultural Water Infrastructure (AWI) Program is a three-year, up to $20M program, with funding by the Government of BC through the Ministry of Agriculture & Food. The program is delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF).
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Program Objective
- Target funding in water-scarce and drought-prone areas that will be increasingly stressed by climate change, and that will benefit from more efficient infrastructure or storage to maximize available water for agricultural uses particularly irrigation and livestock watering; and
- Target funding in areas with sufficient water supply or with high potential for farmland expansion that could lead to an increase in agricultural production with additional water infrastructure.
Program Goal
The Program Goal is to improve water security in agricultural areas and food security in BC.
Resources
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.