Central ND News

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has announced a fiscal year 2024 award of $27,447,361 to tribes in North Dakota aimed at improving and strengthening water infrastructure. This funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was fully funded and developed with the assistance of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who is also the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

“From improving water intake systems to rebuilding storage tanks, updating rural and tribal water infrastructure across North Dakota is essential,” said Cramer. “It’s good to see these much-needed projects awarded, and I look forward to their completion.”

The allocation will support various projects as follows:

- $12,789,040 for the Turtle Mountain Public Utility Commission to replace undersized raw water collection lines from Thorne and Rolette wellfields to the Water Treatment Plant.

- $3,257,758 to the Garrison Diversion Unit for Phase III of a Fort Yates project to replace asbestos cement pipe with HDPE pipe and related appurtenances.

- $3,247,000 for the Fort Berthold Rural Water Treatment Plant to replace existing eight Lake Sakakawea intake screens to discourage mussel attachment and growth.

- $2,858,688 to the Garrison Diversion Unit for Standing Rock’s replacement of a 370,000-gallon high bolted stainless-steel tank.

- $1,700,000 to the Garrison Diversion Unit to replace deteriorated buried power lines at Fort Yates.

- $1,556,875 to the Garrison Diversion Unit for rehabilitation of a chemical feed building and sidewalk upgrade at Standing Rock Rural Water Treatment Plant.

- $1,538,000 to White Shield Community for installation of approximately 158 water meters on existing water service connections in the community.

- $500,000 to Garrison Diversion Unit for installation of three master meter vaults and upgrades in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) at two control vaults on Standing Rock Indian Reservation.