Jacobs wins $750M Utah canal modernization contract

Jacobs (NYSE: J) has been selected by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) to provide engineering services for the proposed Strawberry High Line Improvement Project, a water infrastructure program with an estimated $750 million construction value.

The project involves converting the historic Strawberry High Line Canal, originally constructed around 1916, into a modern, pressurized buried pipeline system. The canal currently conveys water from the Strawberry Reservoir and the Spanish Fork River for agricultural and municipal use across south Utah County and eastern Juab County.

In a joint venture with Bowen Collins & Associates, Jacobs is expected to provide design and construction-phase support services, including new pipelines, a pump station, and related infrastructure. The system is intended to support water delivery to a future population of approximately 420,000 people.

The corridor created by replacing the open canal would be repurposed as an integrated regional trail. Jacobs Executive Vice President Tom Meinhart said the project "would improve system performance delivering water for agriculture, communities and future development."

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