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The Yuba Water Agency board of directors approved two grants to Cordua Irrigation District and one grant to Browns Valley Irrigation District for important repairs to canals in Yuba County. All three grants are cost-share grants, which means the Yuba Water is matching funding already committed by the grant recipients and others.
A $356,594 grant to Cordua will support their efforts to replace critical pipes ahead of the start of the 2025 irrigation season and improve the reliability of the water diversions within the district’s service area.
The second grant for $300,000 to Cordua, as well as a $129,000 grant to BVID, will help both agencies replace four aging culverts – large pipes that run beneath roadways to move water – at the same time that the county is working on improvements to Loma Rica Road.
“This is one of those rare opportunities that we were able to align improvements that we already had planned with road improvements that the county was doing to save everyone some time and money,” explained Charley Mathews Jr., Cordua’s chairman of the board. “Not only does this maximize grant funding and minimize costs, it also reduces traffic impacts for local residents.”
Learn more about Yuba Water’s missions and investments at yubawater.org.
