While winter snows are bringing some much-needed water to the state, the Cache Water District is focused on managing water for the future with a proposed study on the economics of the Bear River.
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The proposal for federal Natural Resources Conservation Service funding was submitted by the Cache Water District.
One option would pipe and pressurize canals in Logan, North Logan and Hyde Park serviced by Crockett Avenue Irrigation and Distribution, Inc, which could leave the existing open canals, like those on the Island in Logan, to help mitigate flood risks.
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The proposal for federal Natural Resources Conservation Service funding was submitted by the Cache Water District.
One option would pipe and pressurize canals â in Logan, North Logan and Hyde Park â serviced by Crockett Avenue Irrigation and Distribution, Inc, which could leave the existing open canals, like those on the Island in Logan, to help mitigate flood risks.
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âOver the last decade or two, the three cities involved and the canal companies have done a number of different studies,â said Nathan Daugs, the manager of the water district, in a virtual presentation on the Logan River Watershed to the public. âThe cities have been looking at how to solve some of their flood-control issues for decades, and that just continues to get worse and worse.â