The Davis and Weber Counties Canal Company was awarded a $3.1 million WaterSMART Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation on September 23, 2022 to improve water conveyance infrastructure and install a solar energy system. Under the award, the Canal Company will enclose 1,650 feet of an existing concrete-lined canal with precast concrete box culvert and replace 880 feet of metal pipe with 66-inch reinforced concrete pipe. Additionally, the project includes...
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...
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...
This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program supports a feasibility study and potential implementation of a solar panel project over the Layton Canal in West Haven, Utah. The principal purpose is to generate renewable energy, increase water efficiency, and assist in implementing clean energy goals. The project will complete a feasibility study to determine the...
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 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507), has awarded a $8,324,208 project grant to the Sunnydell Irrigation District in Madison County, Idaho. The funding will be used to line 6.7 miles of an earthen irrigation canal with high-density polyethylene pipeline and upgrade manual headgates to solar-powered electric headgates with water measurement devices. These infrastructure...
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 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 $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...