The Utah Division of Water Resources is one of 12 beneficiaries of Utah’s trust lands. Trust Lands generates revenue from the acres of land held in trust for Utah’s reservoirs and deposits the revenue into a Permanent Fund. Annual distributions come from earnings generated by the investment of the Permanent Fund and, are distributed to the Division of Water Resources.

The Division of Water Resources uses these funds to help fund new water construction projects, repair existing and aging projects, and improve water efficiency across the state.