City of Grand Junction; Juniata Enlarged Ditch Piping/Lining Project – $25,000
The grantee is completing engineering and design to pipe or line 2.3 miles of the Juniata Enlarged Ditch. The project aims to address a 30% seepage rate to ensure sustainable water to the water users. The City of Grand Junction and 40 agricultural users depend on the ditch to transport water from Kannah Creek to Juniata Reservoir. Through recently modeling, the City is expecting to see a shortfall in water by 2045 and is looking for efficiency opportunities to adapt the City to a hotter and drier climate.