The Water Commission and Office of the State Engineer’s 2019-2021 Strategic Plan was completed with a refocused approach. Within this document, you will find newly established goals and strategic initiatives, which together, provide a targeted approach to high-quality delivery of services. In addition, the agency’s key projects and programs are outlined, along with defined tasks and actions required to achieve desired outcomes. The 2019-2021 Strategic Plan is available for download here.

The 2019 Water Development Plan is the result of nearly a year’s worth of Water Commission coordination with project sponsors from across the state to understand and identify future projects and their associated financial needs. Included in this document is a comprehensive inventory of water projects throughout North Dakota that could come forward for new or additional cost-share in future biennia. In addition, emphasis was placed on 10- and 20-year forecasts for water development needs in North Dakota. The 2019 Water Development Plan is available for download here.

The Current is a quarterly Water Commission and Office of the State Engineer newsletter that provides the latest agency-specific information concerning water development, regulatory and appropriation efforts, water education, policy changes, Commission meeting highlights, and much more.

We hope you find the content useful and helpful.

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June 13, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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August 8, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Brynhild Haugland Room, Capitol, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck

October 10, 2019 / 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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December 6, 2019 / 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Please visit meeting information for a full list of upcoming commission meetings. For information, please contact Cheryl Fitzgerald at the Water Commission (701) 328-4940 or by e-mail.

May 16, 2019

July 11, 2019

September 12, 2019

November 7, 2019

Please visit subcommittee meeting information for a full list of upcoming subcommittee meetings. For information, please contact Cheryl Fitzgerald at the Water Commission (701) 328-4940 or by e-mail.

NDAC, Section 89-11 provides the State Water Commission the ability to provide cost-share assistance to livestock producers with water supply shortages caused by drought.

Eligible livestock producers in drought proclamation counties may qualify for up to $4,500 in cost-share assistance, for up to three projects, on the following items:

• New water wells,
• New rural water system connections,
• New pipeline extensions, pasture taps, and associated works,
• Labor, materials, and equipment rentals for work completed by the producer to develop new water supply projects.

The following counties are eligible to receive cost-share assistance at this time: Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Grant, Griggs, Hettinger, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Oliver, Pierce, Ramsey, Ransom, Renville, Sargent, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Steele, Stutsman, Walsh, Ward, Wells, and Williams.

Please visit the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program site for more information, please contact Steve Best at (701) 328-4989, or e-mail.