The 2009 Interior appropriations bill includes funds for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Project in South Dakota.

The House version appropriates $28.24 million for the project. A version being considered in the Senate appropriates $27 million.

The project will bring water to the Pine Ridge Reservation, the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation. Non-reservation communities are also being served.

Construction began 20 years ago but still isn't complete. So far, $330 million has been spent in federal, tribal and state money.

Get the Story:
Water project may gain $30 million (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 7/9)

Interior Appropriations:
H.R.2643 | S.1696

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