The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $998,270 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Providence City in Cache County, Utah. The funds will be used to explore and design two new culinary water wells, including well houses, piping, equipment, and SCADA systems. This project aims to address water supply deficiencies created by persistent drought conditions in northern Utah, which have led to reduced groundwater...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $225,782 project grant to Clinton City, Utah. The grant will fund the upgrade of 1,000 residential water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) radio antennas. The AMI system will help the city conserve water while providing customers with easy access to water-use data, including near-real-time alerts,...
The Draper Irrigation Company was awarded a $7,108,210 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief (CFDA 15.514) federal grant program. The grant will fund the installation of four shallow groundwater wells and approximately 7,100 feet of conveyance piping near the Jordan Basin Water Reclamation Facility in Salt Lake County, Utah. This infrastructure project will provide approximately 2,992 acre-feet per year of...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the South Tahoe Public Utility District a $390,370 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to optimize and enhance existing water use data and technology. The project will create decision support tools to aid in the development of water budgets for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional water users. This will help the district, which relies 100% on groundwater,...
The Granger-Hunter Improvement District (GHID) in West Valley City, Utah was awarded a $13,747,472 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514). The grant will fund the construction of a new water well and water treatment facility to treat water from the new well and an existing well. This will provide an additional 2,500 acre-feet of drought-tolerant water supply to GHID. The water treatment...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,029,000 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the City of Big Bear Lake's Department of Water and Power. The grant funding will be used to equip a new well pumping plant at Division Well No. 9, which will provide an additional 400 acre-feet water source and improve the city's drought resilience and water system operational efficiency. This project will enable the city...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $3,095,400 Project Grant to Liberty Pipeline Company (LPC) under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief (CFDA 15.514) program. LPC, a non-profit organization located in Liberty, Utah, will use the funding to construct a booster pump station and transmission line to provide an additional 80 acre-feet of water per year to the north zone of its service district, where water supplies have been severely impacted by the...
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...
Draper Irrigation Company received an $11.57 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to construct water reuse infrastructure. Specifically, the funding will support building a new pump station and pipeline to transport treated effluent from the Jordan Basin Water Reclamation Facility into Draper Irrigation Company's existing pressure irrigation system. The project also...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $525,922 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to Tooele County, Utah. The grant will fund the construction of a domestic water supply system in the unincorporated community of Ibapah, Utah to serve local tribal and non-tribal populations facing challenges with accessing clean, reliable drinking water. The project will establish a new well and distribution system to provide up to 10 acre-feet of water...