**PLEASE NOTE**
All available funding has been allocated to projects. However, livestock producers are encouraged to still apply for cost-share, should additional funding be allocated by the Commission in the future.
Severe drought conditions impacting North Dakota cattle producers have led the State Water Commission to reactivate the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program.
Eligible livestock producers in drought proclamation counties may qualify for up to $3,500 in cost-share assistance, for up to three projects, on the following items:
The following counties are eligible to receive cost-share assistance at this time: Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Oliver, Pierce, Ransom, Renville, Sargent, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Stutsman, Ward, Wells, and Williams.
Complete information on the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program can be found here.
Governor Doug Burgum appointed seven members to the State Water Commission, bringing a broad variety of experience in flood protection, water supply and other water issues to the board.
The nine-member State Water Commission consists of Burgum as chairman, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring as an ex-officio member, and seven members appointed by the governor, with one member each from the seven major drainage basins in North Dakota.
August 23, 2017 - 9:00 a.m.
North Dakota State Water Commission's Lower Level Conference Room Agenda Material
October 12, 2017 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
North Dakota State Water Commission's Lower Level Conference Room
December 8, 2017 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ramkota Hotel, Bismarck
For information, please contact Cheryl Fitzgerald at the Water Commission (701) 328-4940 or by e-mail.
The Little Missouri River Commission has been reestablished to address various water management and development issues that are ongoing along the Little Missouri River.
August 9 - Meeting Materials
Agenda
Little Missouri River Commission Membership
Little Missouri State Scenic River Act (NDCC 61-29)
ND Attorney General Opinion 89-5
Surface Water Management In The Little Missouri River Scenic River Basin
Presentation - Update On Temporary Water Permits In the LRM Basin (NDSWC)
Revised Interim Policy for issuing Temporary lndustrial Water-Depot Permits in the Little Missouri River Basin
Presentation - US Hwy 85 Long X Bridge Project Update (NDDOT)
August 2007 Meeting Minutes
The purpose of this Request For Proposals is for the development of North Dakota specific guidelines for economic analysis of water conveyance and flood control project benefits and costs; and development of a rapid assessment process/platform to establish benefit-cost ratios for water conveyance and flood control projects.
The purpose of this Request For Proposals is for the Development of water supply project life cycle cost analysis guidelines, and development of an assessment process/platform to calculate water supply project life cycle costs.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has issued a RFP for the study of the feasibility and desirability of the sale or lease of the industrial water supply assets of the Western Area Water Supply Authority and the financial impact to the Western Area Water Supply Authority, its members and customers, the financial viability of the Authority and options available to the Authority for debt servicing.
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