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Garrison Diversion Unit

Program Information

Popular name

Garrison Diversion Unit Project

Program Number

15.518

Program objective

To meet the water needs within the State of North Dakota by providing funds on a non-reimbursable basis for the planning and construction of a multi-purpose water resource development project within the State of North Dakota for irrigation; municipal, rural, and industrial water; fish, wildlife, and other natural resource conservation and development; recreation; flood control; augmented stream flows; ground water recharge; and other project purposes.

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. The tribal water systems have completed a number of construction contracts under the Garrison Project MR & I program including ; Standing Rock (Main Transmission Pipeline contract 3-8), Three Affiliated (None) , Spirit Lakes Tribe (Wood Lake Pipeline, Highway 57/281 Pipeline Extension) Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Highway 43 Corridor Pipeline project) and the Trenton Indian Service Area (None) North Dakota State MR & I Program also funded a number of rural water contracts including the Southwest Pipeline Project Dickinson Water Treatment Plant, and several other small community water system upgrades. Operation and maintenance activities were also accomplished on the tribal rural water systems and GDU principal supply works and wildlife areas.

    The operation, maintenance and replacement of the tribal rural water systems continued during fiscal year 2017.

  2. 2019

    The tribal water systems have completed a number of construction contracts under the Garrison Project MR & I program including; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Contract 1-3 Hwy 42/Lake Upsilon Phase 2, Contract 1-8 BIA 8 Corridor, Contract 1-4 Hwy 5 Corridor SE Loop, Gordon Lake Phase 2, Reservoir B) and the Trenton Indian Service Area (Hilltop Water Replacement). North Dakota State MR & I Program also funded a number of rural water contracts including the Southwest Pipeline Project, Northwest Area Water Supply Pipeline Contract 2-4A and Northeast Rural Water System expansion projects. Operation and maintenance activities were also accomplished on the tribal rural water systems and GDU principal supply works and wildlife areas.

    The operation, maintenance and replacement of the tribal rural water systems continued during fiscal year 2019.

  3. 2020

    The tribal water systems have completed a number of construction contracts under the Garrison Project MR & I program including; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Contract 1-3 Hwy 42/Lake Upsilon Phase 2, Contract 1-8 BIA 8 Corridor, Contract 1-4 Hwy 5 Corridor SE Loop, Gordon Lake Phase 2, Reservoir B) and the Trenton Indian Service Area (Hilltop Water Replacement). The operation, maintenance and replacement of the tribal rural water systems continued during fiscal year 2020.

  4. 2021

    North Dakota State MR & I Program funded a number of rural water contracts including the Southwest Pipeline Project, Northwest Area Water Supply Pipeline Contract 2-4A and Northeast Rural Water System expansion projects. Operation and maintenance activities were also accomplished on the tribal rural water systems and GDU principal supply works and wildlife areas. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the tribal rural water systems continued during fiscal year 2021.

  5. 2023

    Established new grant agreement with the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District as a mechanism to provide BIL funding for the GDU State MR&I Program. Advertised/Awarded contracts to initiate two features of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project.

  6. 2024

    Continued construction and planning of various project features of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project and the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply Project. Anticipate the completion of the construction for the Snake Creek Discharge Pipeline.

  7. 2025

    Anticipate the completion of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project Biota Water Treatment Plant (Phase I) and Bottineau Reservoir & Pump Station.

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. Garrison Diversion Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, Public Law 89-108, as amended; Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act of 1985, Public Law 98-360; Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act of 1986, Public Law 99-294; the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000, Public Law 106-554, and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Act P.L. 93-638, as amended (ISDEA is not applicable for nontribal recipients).
  2. 117, 58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.