June 14 , 2006
The Association will be beginning the third and final year of concrete canal lining under a grant from the North American Development Bank. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is also a granting partner in this final year of construction.
The Lott, Ingraham, Potter and Walton laterals are being lined. Lining work began on June 5, 2006, to be completed by August 15, 2006.
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June 23, 2005
The Association is pleased to announce the receipt of a second Water 2025 Grant through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This grant provides $300,000 dollars in support of our existing NAD Bank canal lining grant. Work on the third and final year of NAD Bank lining is scheduled for the summer of 2006.
The Association received some $246,000 dollar in 2004 for technological improvements and modernization of our irrigation delivery system.
Water 2025 grants are provided to qualified agencies provided the agency provides a minimum of a 50% cost share in the project.
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The Yuma County Water Users’ Association (Yuma, Arizona) was founded in 1903, just one year after the passing of the Reclamation Act, as a private non-profit corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona for the development and funding of the Valley Division of the Yuma Project. The Project is one of the oldest and most successful of Reclamation projects. Landowners hold the most senior Colorado River water entitlements in the state The Valley Division of the Project has some 53,450 irrigable acres in Arizona. Some 45,000 acres of prime farmland are currently farmed, producing annually over 80,000 crop acres due to year round multi cropping. The Association also delivers over 95% of the City of Yuma's water supply and will in the future also deliver Colorado River water to the Cities of Somerton and San Luis.
