- Entities must submit projects by May 9 to qualify for funding.
- UWIP centralizes funding for drinking water, wastewater, and more.
- The program supports stormwater, reservoirs, reuse, and agriculture.
- HB 280 created Utah’s new centralized funding model in 2024.
- Submissions feed into a ranking system for state investment.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 — The Utah Division of Water Resources
announced on April 8 that it has officially opened project submissions for the state’s Unified Water Infrastructure Plan (UWIP), a new tool designed to prioritize water infrastructure investments across Utah.
Entities seeking state financial support for drinking water systems, wastewater treatment, stormwater infrastructure, secondary water systems, dams, off-farm agriculture projects, or water reuse initiatives must submit project information by May 9, 2025 to be considered for future funding.
The UWIP stems from legislation passed in 2024. “In 2024, the Utah Legislature passed HB 280, which creates a centralized funding system with a comprehensive water project database to guide the distribution of funds via the UWIP,” the Division stated in its announcement.
The plan will serve as a statewide inventory and ranking system for proposed water projects, enabling better coordination between multiple agencies. These include the Division of Water Resources, Division of Drinking Water, and Division of Water Quality—all members of the Water Development Coordinating Council.
By standardizing submissions, the state intends to improve how it allocates limited funding resources. As the Division emphasized, “To be eligible for state funding for water infrastructure projects in the future, entities must submit their projects to the project database.”
More details, including the online submission portal, are available at https://water.utah.gov/uwip-project-submission/.
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