FORT PIERRE — The United States Bureau of Reclamation is imposing emergency water restrictions across the entire Mni Wiconi Water System as once again repairs are required under the streets of Fort Pierre. Dani Fettig is a civil engineer in Reclamation’s Rural Water Division…
The emergency water use restrictions are in place until at least June 30th. This is the fourth break on the line requiring water use restrictions since September of last year. Fettig says they are looking into why the core line is breaking so often…
The restrictions cover the entire Mni Wiconi System from Fort Pierre to Pine Ridge…
Fettig says it’s important all customers on the various water systems cut back water use…
Ten counties are served by the Mni Wiconi including Stanley, Haakon, Lyman, Jones, Jackson, Mellette, Pennington, Todd, Bennett and Oglala Lakota. The Mni Wiconi is the largest Native American/Tribal Water System in the country with a service area of 12-thousand square miles which is one-sixth of South Dakota’s total area.
