Mni Wiconi water pipeline

Big Bend Dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota. (Courtesy Army Corps of Engineers)

Federal funding for Western water projects includes $22 million for Mni Wiconi

BY: - April 5, 2023

The Biden administration will send $585 million to water projects in 11 Western states, Interior Department officials said Wednesday. The funding, provided in the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, will go toward 83 projects in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, California, North Dakota and Washington. The law provided $8.3 billion for […]