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Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project

Program Information

Popular name

Mni Wiconi Project

Program Number

15.522

Program objective

To ensure a safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for the residents of the Pine Ridge Indian, Rosebud Indian, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations in South Dakota; to assist the citizens of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota, to develop safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies; to promote the implementation of water conservation programs at these locations; to provide certain benefits to fish, wildlife, and the natural environment of South Dakota; and in consultation with the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes, to conduct feasibility studies on the need to develop water disposal facilities and systems and rehabilitate existing waste water disposal facilities and systems on the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations.

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 is not available. Construction of pipeline distribution systems on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation were substantially completed in 2016. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the three tribal rural water systems continued through fiscal year 2018.

  2. 2018

    No Information Available.

  3. 2019

    Construction of pipeline distribution systems on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation were substantially completed in 2016. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the three tribal rural water systems continued through fiscal year 2018. Small maintenance and replacement projects include realignments, leak repairs, and water tower construction.

  4. 2020

    Construction of pipeline distribution systems on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation were substantially completed in 2016. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the three tribal rural water systems continued through fiscal year 2018. Small maintenance and replacement projects include realignments, leak repairs, and water tower construction.

  5. 2021

    No information to report; all current agreements under this program completed FY 2020.

  6. 2022

    Projects funded in the last 2 completed years include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe

    BIL Funding – No BIL funding received

  7. 2023

    Projects funded in the last year include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe

  8. 2024

    Projects funded this year include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe

  9. 2025

    Planned projects for FY 25 include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe

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. Mni Wiconi Rural Project Act of 1988, Public Law 100-516, as amended; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994, Title VIII, Mni Wiconi Act Amendments of 1994, Public Law 103-434.
  2. 117, 58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.