The Wellsville Mendon Conservation District in Cache County, Utah was awarded a $3,429,940 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on January 8, 2025. The project will convert 2.1 miles of the Upper Canal from an open canal to a piped system, install 30 flow meters, and add a booster pump station. These infrastructure upgrades are expected to save 915 acre-feet of water annually by eliminating...
The Uintah Water Conservancy District in Utah was awarded a $2,257,000 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 project aims to reconstruct an existing diversion structure, pipe an open channel canal, and install flow meters along an existing pipeline, contributing to ongoing water management improvements in the area. The project is expected to...
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 Ogden, 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 Pineview...
This $4,105,000 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) program (CFDA #15.507) will fund the installation of telemetry, control, and measuring devices along the West Cache Canal in Utah. Key components of the project include replacing manual spillway structures with automated gates, installing cameras at critical points, and upgrading the Cornish Pump House with...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,529,000 Project Grant to the Duchesne County Water Conservancy District in Utah for the "Farm Creek Canal Rehabilitation" project under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support infrastructure improvements to the Farm Creek Canal, including rehabilitation work to enhance water efficiency, reduce water loss, and address water resource management challenges in...
The Nibley Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company received a $736,200 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA #15.507). The grant will fund the Quarter Circle Drive Piping Project to replace aging irrigation infrastructure in Utah. The WaterSMART program aims to leverage federal funding to support water conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability projects. This...
The Davis & Weber Counties Canal Company received a $4,500,000 Project Grant award from the 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 grant will fund infrastructure improvements to enclose 1,995 feet of open canal with a precast concrete box culvert and install a 20.1-kilowatt solar array. These upgrades are expected to save 1,116 acre-feet of water annually that would...
This 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) program (CFDA 15.507), provides $3,302,000.00 to the Smithfield Irrigation Company in Cache County, Utah. The grant will fund upgrades to four diversion structures, including installing a new irrigation screen and improved control gates. It will also replace 1,500 linear feet of an open water supply canal with 24-inch pressurized...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,412,680 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) Project Grant to the Duchesne County Water Conservancy District in Utah. This grant will fund three components: 1) Installation of 152 magnetic flow meters on the Arcadia Farms and Class B pipelines to improve water efficiency and metering; 2) Construction of a new regulation structure and upgrading an existing overflow structure on the North Pipeline; and 3) Construction of a new heading...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $6,176,520 WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Project Grant (CFDA 15.507) to the North Creek Irrigation Company in Sanpete County, Utah. The project will install 38,655 linear feet of high-density polyethylene pipe and two hydroelectric units expected to generate 198,000 kilowatt-hours annually. This will result in 1,611 acre-feet of annual water savings from reduced seepage, which will remain...