The MNI waste water company (mwwc), a cheyenne river sioux tribe tribal water company in south dakota, will construct the necessary infrastructure including water distribution pipelines and…

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,817,400 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the MNI Waste-Water Company, a tribally owned water utility on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe reservation in South Dakota. The funding will support the construction of water distribution pipelines and residential connections to provide clean and reliable drinking water to 37 homes in a rural area northwest of Eagle Butte. This project aims to address the area's current reliance on poor quality and insufficient groundwater wells or costly water hauling from distant sources. The grant award, made on January 17, 2025, will enable the MNI Waste-Water Company to complete the necessary infrastructure by the targeted project completion date of April 30, 2026.

The MNI waste water company (mwwc), a cheyenne river sioux tribe tribal water company in south dakota, will construct the necessary infrastructure including water distribution pipelines and residential connections to serve quality and reliable drinking water to the rural area northwest of eagle butte, an area of dewey county on the cheyenne river sioux tribe reservation. The residents in the project area currently get their water supplies from either limited groundwater wells or by hauling water from up to 10 or miles away. The groundwater wells within the region are of poor quality, insufficient quantity, are costly due to depth, and can be unreliable as proven by past dry holes within the region. The mwwc estimates that the project will provide clean drinking water to a total of 37 residences. Initial planning for this project started in the mid-1990S with the formation of a steering committee which included representatives from TRI-county rural water association (now mwwc), cheyenne river sioux tribe, cheyenne river house authority, indian health service (IHS), and reclamation.