The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) is now accepting Water Optimization Grant Applications for FY 2022 ARPA Spring funding.
Donor Name: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)
State: Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/15/2022
Grant Size: $500,000
Details:
The goal is to reduce agricultural consumptive water use, while maintaining or improving agriculture production and profitability, and providing increased operational flexibility for agriculture water users moving forward. Successful applicants will be required to implement accurate real time water measurement on all projects.
The purpose of this grant is to effectuate the following goals:
- Improve water optimization by reducing consumptive water use while maintaining or improving agriculture production and profitability and while providing increased operational flexibility for agriculture water users moving forward.
- Improve water quantification by showing accurate, real-time measurement of diverted water to demonstrate actual water savings in CFS and acre foot.
- Document the availability of water after implementation of a water optimization project.
- Improve and protect surface and ground water quality by reducing overwatering of crops.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling $500,000.00
- Award Floor $1,000.00
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility Type: Public
- Funding is for agricultural water projects only. Secondary water projects are not eligible.
For more information, visit Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF).
