Cooperative Agreement NR208D43XXXXC012

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $14,019,000 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the City of Provo, Utah. The funds will be used to construct an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) system in Provo, which will include two pump stations and a conveyance system to augment the city's aquifer water supply by 15,000 acre-feet annually. This project is a high priority for Provo to enhance drought resilience and accommodate rapid population...

This $199,920 Sport Fish Restoration formula grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, will provide funding to the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) to support improvements to the American Fork Boat Harbor launching facilities. Specifically, the grant will fund the repaving of the parking area to accommodate the anticipated increase in boater use of Utah Lake as recreational improvements are made along the Wasatch Front. This project...

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded Duchesne County Water Conservancy District a $31,720,813 cooperative agreement under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904) to design and construct the Duchesne East Watershed Project from August 18, 2022 through September 30, 2027. The project aims to protect, develop, and utilize land and water resources in the watershed through infrastructure development. Specifically, the cooperative...

The Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507), has awarded $2,894,000 to the Cache Water District to restore approximately 11,000 feet of the Logan River banks near Logan, Utah. This project will improve channel-floodplain interaction, enhance in-stream habitat, limit bed scour, and provide over 1,225 acre-feet of annual water savings for the Logan River Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company. The restoration...

The State of Utah Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, received a $11,172,876.93 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Dam Safety Program (CFDA 97.041) to rehabilitate high-hazard potential dams in Utah. The grant funding will support activities such as conducting dam inspections, developing emergency action plans, providing technical assistance, and implementing critical infrastructure improvements for high-hazard potential dams across...

Trout Unlimited, Inc. will receive $2,488,948 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program to improve river resilience and habitat in northern Utah's Weber River Basin. Working with sub-awardee Weber Basin Water Conservation District, Trout Unlimited will implement 17 beaver dam analog projects along nine miles of degraded streams, modernize a diversion headgate, and conduct side-channel restoration and floodplain reconnection in...

The Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (the District) in Utah was awarded a $8,514,513 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the expansion of the District's aquifer storage and recovery program, including the construction of two new recovery wells and pumping stations. This project is expected to increase the District's annual water yield by up to...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $908,000 cooperative agreement to the East Fork Irrigation District under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA 10.904). The agreement will support planning and design for modernization projects groups 2 and 3 of the East Fork Irrigation District infrastructure in Hood River County, Oregon. Work will be completed between August 2022 and September 2027. The cooperative agreement furthers the Watershed Protection and Flood...

This $2,018,051 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support the Sage Creek Watershed Restoration for Drought Resilience and Sediment Control project. Key activities include: 1) construction of 50 new beaver dam analogs, expansion of 20 existing beaver dam analogs, and material supplements to 15 naturally occurring beaver dams on 2...

The Granger-Hunter Improvement District, located in Salt Lake County, Utah, was awarded a $605,700 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on August 8, 2025. The funds will enable the district to complete a 100% final design package for a new 3-million-gallon drinking water storage tank in the system's highest-pressure zone. This project aims to address water...