FORT PIERRE — The City of Fort Pierre is moving forward with an application to the State Water Plan to look for funding for a water treatment plant. David Reiss with the Central South Dakota Enhancement District is helping Fort Pierre with the application…
Reiss says an open enrollment to the State Water Plan is done in the third quarter of the year, but the plan can be amended quarterly by need. The application needs to be in by April 1st and for the state revolving fund by July 1st. Reiss says the plant is eligible for American Rescue Plan funds…
Brian Hoilen with water system engineering firm Bartlett and West says once funding is approved a new plant could take two years to build…
Councilman Todd Bernhard abstained from the vote to move the application forward as he is a member of the State Water Board that will review the application.
