Water 2025 Challenge Grant Awards

Ashley Valley Reservoir Co.

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.

Total cost: $491,198

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.