The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is providing The Central Utah Water Conservancy District $100 million towards the project, which will turn the Strawberry High Line Canal into a pipeline, the CUWCD announced this week.

“The Strawberry High Line Canal has served our communities faithfully for a hundred years. This federal investment will ensure that legacy continues for generations to come — in a safer, more efficient, and more sustainable way,” said Gene Shawcroft, general manager of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, in a news release. “We are deeply grateful to President Donald Trump, Doug Burgum, Andrea Travnicek, and Scott Cameron for recognizing the importance of this project to the people of Utah.”

The Strawberry Canal was first completed in 1917, stretching 17 miles southwest from the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, sending water to Salem, Payson, Spring Lake, Santaquin, Goshen and Genola, according to the CUWCD. The canal pulls water from the Strawberry Valley Project.

CUWCD Special Programs Manager Roger Pearson told the Daily Herald last year the project has reached the end of its infrastructure lifespan, and that CUWCD is replacing the canal with a 72-inch, 18-mile long pipe that will cost an estimated $300 million.

The future plan for the pipeline is to distribute water to a planned Salem Water Treatment Plant as part of the Nebo Regional Water Project, the district announced this week.

The $100 million grant comes from Section 50501 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to the news release.