FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — The City of Fort Pierre has agreed to pick up the lion’s share of the cost for an expansion study for the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. With officials from West River/Lyman Jones and Bureau of Reclamation in attendance, Mayor Gloria Hanson wants to cost share seeing if expanding the Mni Wiconi Water Treatment Plant is worth it…
Fort Pierre is paying for the majority of the study because Fort Pierre needs more water…
West River/Lyman Jones Manager Jake Fitzgerald says the study will answer a lot of questions for both the city and his organization…
At a previous meeting Councilman Larry Cronin said Fort Pierre would offer up five-million dollars to join West River/Lyman Jones. The study was approved by the Council and could be completed within 10 months.
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