South Dakota Association Of Rural Water Systems

South Dakota Association Of Rural Water Systems, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Madison, South Dakota, provides technical training and assistance services to rural and tribal water systems as a sub-recipient on federal grants (76% of recent awards) and as a prime contractor on specialized tribal operations and maintenance support. The organization operates across three federal customer agencies with combined potential value of $797 thousand in named awards, though obligated dollars across all awards total $2.3 million.

The vendor's customer base concentrates in water-infrastructure and rural-development agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water leads by award count with nine grants, followed by the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service with four awards and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation with three awards valued at $796 thousand combined potential value. The recompete cliff shows one award (the Bureau of Reclamation contract) completing within the next twenty-four months, carrying $240 thousand in potential value.

South Dakota Association Of Rural Water Systems operates predominantly as a subcontractor within the federal grant ecosystem. The organization holds four prime awards over the source period, including a sole-source $240 thousand purchase order from the Bureau of Reclamation effective January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2028, to provide technical training and operations-and-maintenance assistance supporting the Mni Wiconi rural water supply project serving four tribal water systems: the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System, Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System, Oglala Sioux Tribal Water Supply System Core System, and Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Water Maintenance and Conservation. Work is performed in Madison, South Dakota and supports tribal water-system operational capacity. A recent contract modification ensured compliance with updated federal guidance and strengthened representational and certification clauses.

The vendor's sub-award portfolio centers on grant work under the National Rural Water Association as prime grantee. Sub-award roles span fiscal years 2023 through 2025 and include employment of specialized water-system personnel — Water Quality Action Specialists providing training and technical assistance to publicly-owned treatment works, decentralized wastewater systems, and tribal governments on operations and maintenance; Training Specialists supporting tribal, small, and rural public water systems on Safe Drinking Water Act compliance and long-term sustainability capacity; a Funding Specialist advising systems on financing planning and acquisition; a Wastewater Technician delivering training to wastewater systems; and a Disaster Recovery Circuit Rider providing technical assistance to rural water and wastewater systems in presidentially-declared disaster areas. Service Contract Inventory data shows the vendor reported 3.1 FTEs in FY2022 and 3.0 FTEs in FY2024 across two named subcontract records, reflecting modest federal-services staffing devoted to SCI-reportable work.