Lewis and Clark Regional Water System water tank. Photo from SDNW.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A record level of new federal funding will help the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System expand and provide more drinking water to southeastern South Dakota.
The expanded system will be better equipped to provide clean water from the Missouri River to the greater Sioux Falls region, even with continued population growth and extended drought conditions.
Tapping into an aquifer adjacent to the Missouri River south of Vermillion, the wholesale provider serves 15 community members in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota – including Sioux Falls and the fast-growing neighboring cities of Harrisburg, Lennox and Tea.
In the latest article published by South Dakota News Watch, available here, reporter Stu Whitney shares details of the funding and explains why the system expansion is so important to allow future growth in southeastern South Dakota.
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