South Florida Cooperative Funding Program

Annual cost-share from the South Florida Water Management District for alternative water supply and water conservation projects in its 16-county area. The water conservation component (formerly WaterSIP) funds hardware and technology that save water, including agricultural irrigation retrofits; citrus groves, nurseries and farms have received awards directly. Most alternative water supply money goes to utilities and local governments.

• Projects within the District's 16-county service area

• Water conservation: projects that use hardware and/or technology to implement water conservation; the District encourages industrial, commercial, institutional and agricultural water users, as well as homeowners and condominium associations, to apply

• Alternative water supply: local governments, public and private water providers and other entities; past eligible projects include tailwater recovery

• Local governments and municipalities must have an approved irrigation ordinance (Chapter 40E-24, F.A.C.)

Partial (cost-share) funding; the FY27 project list shows state requests of roughly 40-50% of project cost. Funded through FDEP allocations for FY2026-27.

Published amounts: No cap stated on the page. Past water conservation awards to farms (FY03-FY26 WC Approved Projects List PDF) ran $24,000-$184,000 per project, e.g. Mack Farms hydrocyclone recycled $184,000 of $460,000; citrus grove irrigation retrofits up to $100,000.

Applications are accepted during an annual window ahead of the state budget year; the FY2026-27 window is closed. Subscribe on the Grants/Funding Opportunities page for notice of future cooperative funding opportunities, or email coopfunding@sfwmd.gov.

Deadline text on the page: The application period for the FY2026-27 FDEP funding consideration is now closed. ... On May 14, 2026, the District Governing Board approved the list of applicants for FY2026-27 funding consideration