FORT PIERRE, S.D. - Bureau of Reclamation and Mni Wiconi Rural Water System staff are conducting repairs on the Mni Wiconi Core Water Pipeline in and around Ft. Pierre, South Dakota, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.
“To facilitate repairs, mandatory water restrictions are being implemented for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System until further notice," said Dakotas Area Office Manager Joe Hall. “Reclamation is asking all users in the impacted area to implement water conservation measures immediately until further notice."
The restrictions include all non-essential water usage, including but not limited to, lawn watering, washing of vehicles, filling pools, spray tanks, etc.
These water restrictions will impact 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 is the largest Native American/Tribal Water System in the United States, providing potable water to 10 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
