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Advocates say Senate Bill 2276 gives new joint-board tools; stakeholders urge careful design if moving to watershed model
Summary
Presenters described how 2025's Senate Bill 2276 mandates joint project boards for cross-county water projects, outlines remedies (mediation, DWR appeal, court) and equal representation rules; some stakeholders want flexibility for agreed alternative board makeups and urged DWR involvement in any code refinements.
Danny Quistle, executive vice president of the North Dakota Water Users Association, briefed the committee on current water-resource district structure and on changes made in 2025 by Senate Bill 2276.
Quistle explained county-based water resource districts (in place since 1935, refined in the 1980s) perform planning, infrastructure maintenance and dispute resolution. He described joint basin and joint project boards as voluntary tools for…
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