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Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System

Program Information

Popular name

North Central Montana Rural Water Supply Project

Program Number

15.525

Program objective

To ensure a safe and adequate rural, municipal, and industrial water supply for the residents of the Rocky Boy's Reservation in the State of Montana, and to assist the citizens residing in Chouteau, Glacier, Hill, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, and Toole Counties, Montana, but outside the Reservation, in developing safe and adequate rural, municipal, 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. Construction has been completed on over 21 miles of Core Pipeline, the Intake Superstructure, sections of the on-reservation main distribution piping system, and the raw water intake pipelines. The North Central Montana Regional Water Authority has completed projects including the North Havre supply pipeline, the Conrad to Brady project, and the Shelby to Cut Bank project, all supplying water on an interim basis.

  2. 2018

    Information not available.

  3. 2019

    On September 13, 2019 the Chippewa Cree Construction Company issued a Notice to Proceed to Sletten Construction of Great Falls MT for the award of the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Phase 1, Contract #1 for $35.8 million. Mobilization and earthwork activities for construction of the WTP began in January 2020 and will continue throughout the next two years. Completion of Phase 1 is scheduled for June 1, 2022. Construction continued on North Central Montana Regional Water System segment W5-A, supply water from Shelby, MT to Nine Mile and Oilmont County Water Districts.

  4. 2020

    On September 13, 2019 the Chippewa Cree Construction Company issued a Notice to Proceed to Sletten Construction of Great Falls MT for the award of the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Phase 1, Contract #1 for $35.8 million. Mobilization and earthwork activities for construction of the WTP began in January 2020 and will continue throughout the next two years. Completion of Phase 1 is scheduled for June 1, 2022. Construction continued on North Central Montana Regional Water System segment W5-A, supply water from Shelby, MT to Nine Mile and Oilmont County Water Districts.

  5. 2023

    Completion of installation of Core Pipeline Segments #3B & #4.

  6. 2024

    Completion of the Water Treatment Plant Contract #1.

    Completion of the North Central Montana Regional Water System (Non-Tribal) segments for the Tiber County Water District, and the communities of Loma and Big Sandy.

  7. 2025

    Completion of installation of Core Pipeline Segment #5.

    Completion of the North Central Montana Regional Water System (Non-Tribal) segments for the Hill County Water District and continued progress on the Havre Segment.

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. Indian Financing Amendments Act of 2002, Title IX—Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-331.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Environmental Quality

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Native American Organizations

Additional resources