The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System will get just under fifteen million dollars in federal funding from the current budget.
Executive Director Troy Larson says the money is allocated by the Bureau of Reclamation…..

Larson says regional Congressional representatives should get credit for getting the money in place…..

Larson says they have construction projects ready to go…..

The project, still under construction, is delivering water to towns and cities in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota from wells near the Missouri River south of Vermillion.