The Enterprize Canal Company LTD. received a $150,560 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART program. The grant will fund the installation of automated telemetry systems on eight existing headgates along 2.8 miles of the Enterprize Canal in Idaho Falls, Idaho. By increasing control of these headgates through new telemetry technology, the company will gain improved monitoring of water usage and more accurate water delivery to...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $500,045 project grant to the Salmon River Canal Company located in Twin Falls County, Idaho. The project will pipe 9,790 linear feet of an earthen canal and replace ten electric power pumps with a gravity pressure system for irrigation. This is expected to result in annual water savings of 540 acre-feet currently lost to evaporation and seepage, while...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Salmon River Canal Co LTD a $244,790.02 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funds will be used to convert 9,170 linear feet of open earthen canal to a buried polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipeline on Lateral 1723 and install headgate automation on Lateral 12. The new pipeline will be equipped with electromagnetic meters to reduce water...
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 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 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,265,585 Project Grant to the Co-op Farm Irrigation Company under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will support the conversion of 20,800 feet of existing earthen and concrete-lined irrigation ditches to high-density polyethylene pipe. The piped system will include a flow meter, individual user meters, and a 15-horsepower pump. The project will also install an 11.8-kilowatt solar...
<p>The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $217,695 WaterSMART program grant (CFDA 15.507) to Big Wood Canal Company, doing business as American Falls Reservoir District No 2, to line approximately 1 mile of open canal and install monitoring and automated control systems at 4 sites. These improvements are expected to result in annual water savings of 813 acre-feet. The project period is from September 8, 2023 to June 30, 2024.</p>
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,149,141 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) project grant to the Malheur Watershed Council, in partnership with the Vale Oregon Irrigation District, to convert 10.4 miles of open-earthen irrigation canals to plastic irrigation pipe in eastern Oregon. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 4,888 acre-feet, which will benefit the federally listed bull trout by helping to achieve a carryover pool in Beulah...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $648,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) federal grant program (CFDA 15.507) to the Last Chance Canal Company in Grace, ID. The funding will support the implementation of a modernized Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, including the installation of 11 SCADA sites with telemetry, flumes, and automated gates, as well as a software program to manage...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Boise Project Board of Control a $7,260,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to replace 5,230 linear feet (1 mile) of canal lining on the New York Canal in Boise, Idaho. This project aims to increase water conservation, efficiency, and reliability by reducing seepage losses from the existing concrete and asphalt-lined canal. The key activities include removing the existing...