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Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System

Program Information

Popular name

Fort Peck – Dry Prairie Rural Water System

Program Number

15.516

Program objective

To ensure a safe and adequate municipal, rural and industrial water supply for the residents of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in the State of Montana; and to assist the citizens in those portions of Roosevelt, Sheridan, Daniels, and Valley Counties that are outside the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in developing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Information not available. Fort Peck has completed construction on main transmission pipelines to the western and eastern reservation boundaries and branch pipelines between the reservation communities of Wolf Point, Frazer, Poplar, and Brockton. Dry Prairie currently utilizes project water to supply water to parts of Valley County between the communities of Nashua and St. Marie, and into Sheridan County from Culbertson, as far north as the community of Plentywood through completed project infrastructure.

  2. 2018

    The Assiniboine & Sioux Rural Water Supply System completed construction on the Water Treatment Plant Pre-Oxidation/Pre-Sedimentation Basin, and continued construction on the Wolf Point to Porcupine Creek Branch Lines, the U.S. 2 North Mainline and Phase 1 Branch Lines. Dry Prairie completed construction of the Valley County Booster Pump Station and Reservoir Project and the Valley County Area F and Nashua to Glasgow Mainline Projects.

  3. 2019

    The Assiniboine & Sioux Rural Water Supply System finished construction on the U.S. 2 North Mainline Project and the Phase 1 & 2 Branch Lines Projects, along with booster pump stations and storage reservoirs.

    The third and final mainline connection was made between the Assiniboine & Sioux Rural Water Supply System (ASRWSS) and Dry Prairie Rural Water System on October 22, 2019. The connection was made at the Reservation border, southeast of Scobey MT. This milestone allows water from the project Water Treatment Plant (WTP) located near Wolf Point MT, to deliver water as far north as the Canadian Border once pipelines and facilities are completed in the Scobey/Flaxville Mainline Project in 2020. Other milestones for include; construction set to begin on the Fort Peck West Mainline (bid and awarded September 2019) and completion of the Dry Prairie delivery system in Valley County.

  4. 2020

    The third and final mainline connection was made between the Assiniboine & Sioux Rural Water Supply System (ASRWSS) and Dry Prairie Rural Water System on October 22, 2019. The connection was made at the Reservation border, southeast of Scobey MT. This milestone allows water from the project Water Treatment Plant (WTP) located near Wolf Point MT, to deliver water as far north as the Canadian Border once pipelines and facilities are completed in the Scobey/Flaxville Mainline Project in 2020. Other milestones for include: construction set to begin on the Fort Peck West Mainline and completion of the Dry Prairie delivery system in Sheridan and Valley Counties.

  5. 2021

    U.S. Highway 2 Mainline and Branch Lines Phases 1 and 2, and Scobey-Flaxville Mainline Project.

  6. 2023

    Completion of Fort Peck West Branchlines Phase 2.

    Completion of the Dry Prairie Opheim Mainline Project.

  7. 2024

    Completion of the Fort Peck Standby Generation Project.

    Completion of the Dry Prairie Scobey-Flaxville Phase 3 Branchlines.

  8. 2025

    Completion of the Fort Peck and Dry Prairie Rural Water System.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below.

  1. Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106-382.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • State

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