(Lexi Peery | KUER-FM via AP) Trent Brown, a long-time farmer and rancher in Beaver County, stands next to a ditch that brings water from a nearby reservoir to his farm and others nearby Wednesday Oct. 6, 2021, in Beaver County, Utah. He used a grant from the state's Water Optimization Program to replace the cement in the ditch earlier this year, making it more efficient.