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Western Dakota regional water project: executive director outlines $2 billion feasibility effort
Summary
Kristen Conzett, executive director of Western Dakota Regional Water, told the Box Elder council the regional plan to import Missouri River water is at the feasibility/authorization stage and would be a multi-billion-dollar, multistate undertaking requiring federal feasibility study and congressional authorization.
Kristen Conzett, executive director of Western Dakota Regional Water, briefed the council on a long-range effort to bring Missouri River water to western South Dakota, framing it as a multi-decade initiative that will need federal feasibility study, congressional authorization and significant capital.
Conzett described drought conditions across western South Dakota and said the regional group has pooled members’ water rights and pursued studies with the South Dakota School of Mines and USGS to underpin a…
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