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Red River Water Supply project officials report construction progress, ask for continued funding
Summary
Project leaders told the Senate Appropriations Education and Environment Division that pipeline construction is underway, funds appropriated in the last biennium have been obligated and spent, and the project seeks continued legislative support to stay on a 10‑year build schedule.
Greg Bischoff, vice chair of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, and West Fargo Mayor Bernie Dardis updated the Senate Appropriations Education and Environment Division on the Red River Water Supply project, reporting active construction and asking for continued state funding to keep the project on a 10‑year schedule.
“The Red River Water supply is a long term emergency water supply and economic development driver,” Mayor Bernie Dardis said, describing the project as a 72‑inch (6‑foot) steel pipeline roughly 125 miles long that is designed to flow about 160 cubic feet per second. Dardis said the pipe is typically buried 7 to 15 feet and the system has the potential to serve nearly half of North Dakota’s population.
Bischoff told the committee he spoke on behalf of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District and Lake Agassiz Water…
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