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Board approves loans for three irrigation modernization projects totaling about $4.3 million in state support
Summary
The Utah Board of Water Resources authorized cost-share loans for three irrigation modernization projects — Veil Irrigation, Smithfield Irrigation and Cache High Line — approving recommended low-interest, long-term purchase agreements conditioned in some cases on water-rights reporting. Totals: Board shares of up to $990,000, $952,000 and $255,000 respectively.
The Utah Board of Water Resources on Oct. 9 approved funding support for three irrigation modernization projects in Washington and Cache counties, authorizing long-term, 0% interest purchase agreements to help pipe open canals, install screens and SCADA systems, and reduce seepage and debris problems.
Staff presented RE498 for the Veil Irrigation Company (near Vail, Washington County), describing an open concrete-lined canal that serves roughly 40 shareholders and irrigates about 476 agricultural acres. Russell Hadley, presenting for staff, said the system operates at an estimated 50% efficiency with more than 380 acre-feet of annual loss. Staff recommended enclosing the canal, installing roughly two miles of HDPE…
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