The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System has been under construction for about twenty years, often at the mercy of wavering federal funding.

Executive Director Troy Larson says the federal budgeting process is changing again this year….

Larson says they have been working with Congressional delegations from South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota….

Larson says they are hoping to find some extra funds from federal infrastructure programs….

The water system serves towns and cities in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota from wells near the Missouri River south of Vermillion.