Project promoted to pipe river water across North Dakota
Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. — With North Dakota in the midst of a prolonged dry spell not seen in years, officials are promoting a decades-long idea of piping Missouri River water across the state to central and eastern North Dakota to combat future drought conditions there, especially in Fargo. A groundbreaking is planned Tuesday near Carrington to mark the start of pipeline construction for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project, a more than $1 billion project that still faces huge funding and legal hurdles before even a drop of water from the river can be tapped for emergencies during an extended drought. The idea for the drought-mitigation project first surfaced in about 1986, inspired by a devastating drought in the 1930s that caused “zero flow” to the Red River at Fargo for five months, DeKrey said. DeKrey said he expects a lawsuit filed by the state of Missouri over control of the Missouri River flows will be settled soon in North Dakota’s favor.
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