The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin work immediately to prevent the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe from running out of water.

South Dakota's Congresisonal delegation secured $6 million to relocate an intake system that supplies water to 14,000 people in and around the reservation. Due to extremely low levels of water along the Missouri River, the tribe predicted the intake would run out by August.

Moving the intake is considered a temporary solution. A long-term plan to move the intake closer to the main channel of the river could cost $70 million.

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Intake project proceeds (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 4/21)
Corps plans fix for water intake (The Rapid City Journal 4/21)
Corps agrees to temporary fix for water intake (AP 4/21)

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