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Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program (AWP) – Stream 4: Strategic Projects | IAF

December 18, 2025

Value

Approximately $7.6M in funding is available in Stream 4.

Description

The Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program (AWP) aims to increase adoption of efficient irrigation infrastructure and improve agricultural water supply and management in British Columbia.

Through this program, the Government of BC seeks to see improvements to stream flows, fish populations and an increased and more sustainable food production.

Eligible Applicants

To be considered eligible for this stream, applicants must be BC-based and must be one of the following:

  • Irrigation District or Improvement District
  • Local Government or Regional District
  • Non-Profit Organization – Agriculture (e.g., industry associations)
  • Non-Profit Organization – Conservation
  • Water Users’ Community
  • Indigenous Community
  • Indigenous Governing Body
  • Indigenous Organization – For-Profit
  • Indigenous Organization – Non-Profit

Eligible Expenses

Within Stream 4: Strategic Projects, there are ten eligible activities:

  1. Rehabilitation and upgrades of (regulated and unregulated) agricultural dams and reservoirs to meet regulatory requirements.
  2. Improvement, expansion, or new construction of dugouts and related water storage infrastructure for irrigation water and livestock watering, including rangeland.
  3. New construction of other water storage infrastructure.
  4. Improvement, expansion, or new construction of off-farm conversion of conveyance ditches to pipelines, where savings of 30 to 50% can be achieved.
  5. Improvement, expansion, or new construction of water delivery systems to the farm gate from off-farm infrastructure and licensed intakes on streams.
  6. Extension of an existing water purveyor network to expand water supply to additional agricultural lands.
  7. Development of new water purveyed systems to agricultural land.
  8. Installation of meters where a universal agricultural water metering program is being implemented by a water purveyor.
  9. Improvement or expansion of diking and drainage systems.
  10. Other (innovative) strategic community or watershed solution to a water supply challenge or conflict that may include a hybrid of single-user or multi-user water infrastructure.

Deadline Date

December 18, 2025.

Contact

Contact Name: IAF

Phone Number: 250-940-6150

E-mail Address: awp@iafbc.ca

Website: https://iafbc.ca/agriculture-water-infrastructure-program/awp-stream-4/

Industry:

Agriculture, Indigenous, Municipalities, Non-Profit

Location:

British Colombia

Tags:

Irrigation, Water Supply

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