Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project

To ensure a safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for the residents of the Pine Ridge Indian, Rosebud Indian, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations in South Dakota; to assist the citizens of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota, to develop safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies; to promote the implementation of water conservation programs at these locations; to provide certain benefits to fish, wildlife, and the natural environment of South Dakota; and in consultation with the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes, to conduct feasibility studies on the need to develop water disposal facilities and systems and rehabilitate existing waste water disposal facilities and systems on the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations.

West River/Lyman-Jones Water Systems; the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes; and non-Federal entity or entities. Section 3(b) of Public Law 100-516 states �the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, shall enter into agreements with the appropriate non-Federal entity or entities for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining and replacing the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System.�

The scopes of work must address and be responsive to the authorizing legislation, the final engineering reports, and the appropriation ceiling.

The Federal share of tribal projects is 100 percent. The Federal share of the West River/Lyman Jones projects is 80 percent. (Public Law 103-434, Section 805).

Fiscal year 2025: Operation and Maintenance Programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Lower Brule Tribe Fiscal year 2026: Operation and Maintenance Programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Lower Brule Tribe Fiscal year 2027: Operation and Maintenance Programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Lower Brule Tribe