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Water 2025 Challenge Grant Awards

Published: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 2:27 p.m. MDT
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Total cost: $648,644

Grant: $300,000

Estimated annual savings: 200 acre-feet

Sandy City

The city will enclose 1.25 miles of an open channel.

Total cost: $854,093

Grant: $300,000

Estimated annual savings: 330 acre-feet

Sevier River Water Users Association

The association will enhance and expand the existing supervisory control and data acquisition system in a five-county area to allow for expansion of real-time monitoring and control systems.

Total cost: $529,040

Grant: $247,540

Estimated annual savings: 22,500 acre-feet

Springville Irrigation District

The district will install 20 supervisory control and data acquisition sites. The project will enable more efficient water management and accounting of water deliveries.

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Total cost: $182,600

Grant: $91,300

Estimated annual savings: 450 acre-feet

Washington County Water Conservation District

The district will install telemetry at 34 sites in Washington County. The project will enable the district to monitor river flows and integrate flow data into the district's existing supervisory control and data acquisition system.

Total cost: $449,880

Grant: $224,940

Estimated annual savings: 8,600 acre-feet

Wellsville-Mendon Conservation District

The district will line 5,000 feet of open canal at two locations and install metering devices at all turnouts.

Total cost: $434,496

Grant: $215,998

Estimated annual savings: 1,978 acre-feet


An acre-foot is 326,000 gallons, which on average is enough water for a family of four for one year, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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