The authorized "Other" budget for the CWMS program in FY25 is $2,900,000. As with the ERC funds, the "Other" budget can be split into two categories: Sustainment and Development. Most of the "Other" budget for FY25 is allocated to the Development (enhancements) category.
While CWMS is authorized to expend up to this budgeted amount, the funding received from other sources may be less than authorized. The funds that come from these various sources continue to have profound impacts in terms of the development and implementation of CWMS and related software. Contributors identified for FY25 are the CWMS National Implementation Program and the USACE Headquarters General Investigations (GI) program.
CWMS National Implementation Program
The CWMS NIP is providing $965,000 for software development in FY25. That funding will be divided between different CWMS components as shown in the table below. HEC will also receive $114,000 from the CWMS NIP to support the HEC-FIA Flood Damages Reduced effort. The MMC will also support three workshops in FY25: an HEC-HMS calibration workshop ($50,000); a CWMS implementation workshop ($75,000); and a Flood Damages Reduces workshop ($75,000). Additionally, $250,000 will be provided to support Field Helping the Field visits in FY25.
CWMS NIP FY25 Funds
Component | Budget |
| Software Development |
|
| CAVI | $200,000 |
| HEC-HMS | $300,000 |
| HEC-ResSim | $392,500 |
| HEC-RAS | $72,500 |
| Flood Damages Reduced |
|
| HEC-FIA and FDR | $114,000 |
| Workshops |
|
| CWMS Implementation Workshop | $75,000 |
| HEC-HMS Calibration Workshop | $50,000 |
| Flood Damages Reduced Workshop | $75,000 |
| Field Support |
|
| Field Helping the Field Visits | $250,000 |
Total | $1,529,000 |
USACE Headquarters General Investigations Program
The GI program will be providing $35,000 to fund the design of the Forecast Skill Assessment Tool. The tool is intended to evaluate the accuracy of CWMS forecast products.