The Weber Basin Water Conservancy received a $295,000 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation on September 30, 2021 to support the Woods Cross Secondary Water Metering Project - Phase III. Funded through the WaterSMART program (CFDA #15.507), this project aims to leverage Reclamation funding to save water and increase sustainable water management practices. Specifically, the grant will support Phase III of an ongoing effort by the Weber Basin Water...
The Washington County Water Conservancy District, doing business as the Water Conservatory, received a $217,915 project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation through its WaterSMART program on June 5, 2023. The grant-funded project will install water meters with advanced metering infrastructure capabilities for previously unmetered irrigation connections serving residential users in Ivins City, Utah. The project supports local water conservation plans to...
The City of Highland, Utah will install 4,253 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and retrofit 250 existing meters with AMI capabilities under a $8.415 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. The grant funding supports the City's project to implement AMI on unmetered pressurized irrigation connections and existing meters for residential, commercial, and institutional customers. The project aims to save an estimated 2,100 acre-feet of water...
The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District (WBWCD) in Utah received a $7,601,286 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). Through this funding, WBWCD will construct a new outlet delivery conduit through an earthen dam, install a new water delivery conduit, and establish a 33.3 kW solar array at their Weber South Water Treatment Plant. These infrastructure upgrades will provide...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $224,853.39 Project Grant to Hyde Park City, located in Cache County, Utah, under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will be used to upgrade 562 water meters in the city's domestic water distribution system with new meters coupled with cellular endpoints. This project aims to improve data analytics and water management, increase efficiency through better leak...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $228,663.78 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Ogden River Water Users Association in Weber County, Utah. The grant will fund the installation of remote flow and level monitoring instruments and telemetry units at several critical locations along the Ogden-Brigham Canal and South Ogden Highline Canal, including a key monitoring site below...
The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District will line 2,500 feet of an existing canal and install a 30-kilowatt solar array under a $4.079 million WaterSMART Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The District will conserve an estimated 3,750 acre-feet of water annually through canal lining, benefiting water users and wildlife in the Weber River system. Installation of the solar array at the Weber South Water Treatment Plant will generate renewable energy....
The Wellsville Mendon Conservation District in Cache County, Utah was awarded a $3,429,940.00 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) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will be used to convert 2.1 miles of the Upper Canal from an open canal to a piped system, install 30 flow meters, and construct a booster pump station. This project is expected to result in annual water...
The Jensen Water Improvement District (the District) in northeastern Utah received a $238,513 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507). The award will fund the installation of ultrasonic water meters with mobile read capabilities for the District. The new meters will improve the accuracy of water measurements, reduce water losses, and enable...
The Duchesne County Water Conservancy District in Utah received a $3,412,680 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The project includes three components: 1) installing 152 magnetic flow meters on the Arcadia Farms and Class B pipelines to improve water metering, 2) constructing a new regulation structure and upgrading an existing concrete overflow...