From Deseret News archives:
Water 2025 Challenge Grant Awards
The Vernal reservoir company will replace 30,000 feet of open canal with pipeline to ensure equal distribution of water among water users.
Total cost: $1,923,000
Grant: $300,000
Estimated annual savings: 1,240 acre-feet
Bear River Small Irrigators Inc.
The irrigators will install a real-time, automated diversion reporting system along the Bear River in Cache Valley. The project also includes installation of flow sensors with telemetry to provide accurate and timely water diversion data.
Total cost: $246,386
Grant: $123,184
Estimated annual savings: 18,450 acre-feet
Davis and Weber Counties Canal Co.
The company will install ultrasonic meters on its three existing pressure irrigation reservoirs. Telemetry sensors and radios also will be installed in order to monitor all key system facilities at one centralized location.
Grant: $245,599
Estimated annual savings: 1,200-1,500 acre-feet
Duchesne County Water Conservancy District
The district will integrate multiple continuing real-time monitoring efforts to form a comprehensive monitoring system for the entire county.
Total cost: $382,790
Grant: $162,790
Estimated annual savings: 11,000 acre-feet
Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy
The water district will install an injection well, an infiltration pond and an injection trench to enable it to store water in the Salt Lake Valley aquifer through surface infiltration. The district will also work with its member agencies to develop a water bank to market the stored water.
Total cost: $632,500
Grant: $300,000
Estimated annual marketing ability: 300 acre-feet
Payson City and Strawberry Highline Canal Co.
The project will replace a 100-year old open ditch with a buried pipe, eliminating above-ground pollution sources, decreasing water loss from evaporation and seepage, and increasing water flow to users.
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