The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System is planning a very busy construction season this year.L&C Executive Director Troy Larson says they have a number of projects to either start or complete...
Larson says they have about thirty five million dollars of contracts on the books for this year.
He says that could stop quickly if their federal funding formula is not changed…
The project would get two million dollars in the next federal budget.
Larson says they would have to bring construction almost to a complete halt if that funding is not increased...
The near half billion dollar project would pipe water to towns and cities in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.
