UPDATE OCTOBER 22, 2021 AT 7AM:
Although excavation crews weren’t able to find the leak on a Mni Wiconi core water pipeline yesterday (Oct. 21, 2021), water restrictions have been lifted.
Customers of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water System were asked to conserve water earlier this week while the Bureau of Reclamation and Mni Wiconi looked for the location of a break in a main water line in the Fort Pierre area.
A Facebook post from West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water says the repairs will be scheduled for a later date.
The Mni Wiconi Water Treatment Plant/Coreline is the largest Native American/Tribal Water System in the United States, providing potable water to 10 counties in South Dakota through the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. The service area includes a 12,500 square mile area, which is approximately one-sixth the total area of South Dakota.
ORIGINAL STORY OCTOBER 21, 2021 @ 8AM:
Customers of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water System are asked to conserve water until further notice while the Bureau of Reclamation and Mni Wiconi work to find and repair another leak on their core water pipeline.
Mayor Gloria Hanson says Fort Pierre is included in the area being asked to conserve water.
The water use restrictions impact customers of these rural water systems:
- West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water,
- Lower Brule Rural Water,
- Rosebud Rural Water and
- Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Water Maintenance and Conservation.
This includes all or parts of the following counties:
- Stanley,
- Haakon,
- Lyman,
- Jones,
- Jackson,
- Mellette,
- Pennington,
- Todd,
- Bennett and
- Oglala Lakota, formerly known as Shannon.
The water use restrictions include all non-essential water usage such as lawn watering, washing vehicles, filling spray tanks, etc.
The Mni Wiconi Water Treatment Plant/Coreline is the largest Native American/Tribal Water System in the United States, providing potable water to 10 counties in South Dakota through the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. The service area includes a 12,500 square mile area, which is approximately one-sixth the total area of South Dakota.
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