The Paradise Valley Irrigation District in Blaine County, Montana, was awarded a $580,612 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA #15.507). The funding will be used to convert the remaining one mile of the Hillside Ditch, an open irrigation canal, to a buried pipeline. This conversion is expected to result in annual water savings of 2,275 acre-feet that would have otherwise been lost to seepage. The conserved water will be stored in the Fresno Reservoir for late-season irrigation or drought mitigation. The project aims to improve water conservation, efficiency, and sustainability in the region through infrastructure upgrades. The grant was awarded on February 3, 2025, with a scheduled completion date of December 31, 2026.
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