DICKINSON, N.D. – The state is getting a $29 million boost from the federal government to improve water projects.
As the southwest region grows, so does the need for clean water.
The Southwest Pipeline Project will receive $2 million for expanding capacity at the Dickinson plant, allowing them to process six million gallons of water per day.
“People wouldn’t move here and live here if they didn’t have quality water. And so with additional growth, we need additional raw water capacity and treatment water capacity,” said Mary Massad, Southwest Water Authority CEO.
New money from the federal government is helping the Southwest Water Authority bring a new treatment plant online, and build a residual handling facility. That facility will handle leftover materials like lime used to treat the water. Since the early 1980s, hundreds of millions of dollars from the state and federal government has gone into this project.