The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is excited to announce the Agricultural Water Optimization Program.
Donor Name: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)
State: Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | In-kind
Deadline: 01/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant is for individuals or their businesses on-farm water efficiency projects and for water management organizations like Irrigation, Canal, or Ditch companies for water conveyance efficiency projects.
Funding Information
- Maximum $1,000,000 grant amount for irrigation/canal companies.
- 10% minimum in-kind match
General Program Criteria
- Projects must be able to demonstrate water savings.
- Must document the availability of water after implementation of a Water Optimization Project.
- Projects should improve and protect surface and groundwater quality by reducing overwatering of crops.
- Basic requirements:
- 50/50 cost share
- 20% of the funding withheld until the project is complete, final report has been approved and the final inspection has documented that the project meets all the program requirements.
- Real time metering required on all projects.
- Annual reports on water usage and crop production are required for 3 years after project completion.
- Metering Information and Requirements
- Meters are required on all funded Water Optimization projects.
- Metering must be real time monitoring with the capability to record and store data. ○ The most common meters are either ultrasonic or electromagnetic meters.
- Cloud based and remote meters are acceptable.
- Water metering reports must be submitted electronically.
- Real time water metering should occur each time water is diverted.
For more information, visit UDAF.
