The jordan valley water conservancy DISTRICT (DISTRICT), located in west jordan, utah, will expand its current aquifer storage and recovery program that has been in place since 2001

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 2,840 acre-feet during drought conditions and allow for an additional 540 acre-feet per year of water to be injected into the aquifer for storage and future use. The project supports the District's drought contingency plan developed with previous WaterSMART grant funding from the Bureau of Reclamation.

Currently the DISTRICT has an active recharge program through the use of multiple, dual use, injection and recovery wells. This project will construct two new recovery wells and pumping stations to reduce surface water reliance during times of drought. With the construction of the new recovery wells, the DISTRICT will repurpose two existing wells to operate exclusively as injection only wells allowing water injections to increase by up to 540 acre-feet per year. In addition, the project is expected to increase the districts reliable annual yield during extreme drought conditions by 2,840 acre-feet per year. This project S prioritized in the districts drought contingency plan that was developed with assistance from a watersmart drought contingency planning grant.