FORT PIERRE, S.D.─ Reclamation will continue water restrictions for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water System until further notice. Continued restrictions are necessary to facilitate repairs.
The restrictions include all non-essential water use including but not limited to: lawn watering, washing of vehicles, filling pools, spray tanks, etc.
“Reclamation is asking all users to conserve water to allow the time necessary to complete repairs on the water system and have enough water for system users to cover basic needs," said Reclamation’s Dakotas Area Office Manager Joe Hall.
These water restrictions will affect the following rural water service providers: West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water, Lower Brule Rural Water, Rosebud Rural Water, and Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Water Maintenance and Conservation. This includes all or parts of the counties of Stanley, Haakon, Lyman, Jones, Jackson, Mellette, Pennington, Todd, Bennett, and Oglala Lakota, formerly known as Shannon. Please contact your water service provider with questions on how your water service may be affected.
The Mni Wiconi Water Treatment Plant/Coreline provides water to the largest Native American/Tribal Water System in the United States, providing potable water to ten counties in South Dakota through the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. The service area includes a 12,500 square mile area, which is approximately one-sixth the total area of South Dakota.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
