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Trump admin proposes $600M cuts to budget that funds Utah’s biggest water project. No one knows, or will say, what that means.

Congress must approve the final budget.

(U.S. Department of the Interior) Soldier Creek Dam and Strawberry Reservoir, part of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, which brings water from the Colorado River to the Wasatch Front. The Trump administration has proposed cutting $609 million in funding from the Central Utah Project in its draft budget for fiscal year 2026.