Tag: water
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Next Dakotafire community conversation event is in Webster on May 29
The second in a series of events intended to spark community and regional conversations will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at the American Legion in Webster, S.D. The event, called a Dakotafire Café, intends to get people talking about the topics presented in the latest issue of Dakotafire magazine, according…
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Water flows across political boundaries, brings conflict with it
The 19th-century explorer John Wesley Powell envisioned developing the political boundaries of the arid American West based on watersheds. More than 120 years ago, he predicted the potential for fights over water. Powell’s watershed boundary vision did not come to pass, but the conflicts he envisioned did—including here in the Dakotas.
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Watershed taskforce agrees relief is needed in Day County
A Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force, a legislative committee charged with studying water management issues, held its third meeting in Webster last week where the message from landowners was relief from the ever rising sloughs and lakes.
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Groundwater levels are down in South Dakota
Groundwater depletion of the Ogalla aquifer has made headlines in recent years, but the Dakota aquifer has also gone down significantly since 1900, according to estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Tiling is not the same as drainage
A handful of area farmers convinced the Day County Commission that requiring notices before drain tiling is a step in the wrong direction.
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State senator tours areas hit by flood damage in 2010-11
We may be in a drought now, but the damage from two years of flooding lives on.
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Where can small towns find the money for water and sewer projects?
The size of a water or wastewater project can sometimes dwarf the entire budget for the town. There are a variety of sources out there for funding for rural water and wastewater projects, but the rewards to go to the swift, the persistent, and those tolerant of paperwork. Here’s an overview. FEDERAL HOUSING AND…
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About half of Hecla’s water not making it to customers
Hecla has a water mystery on its hands, and it’s getting costly. “If you look at what we’re billing and what we’re pumping, we are losing about half our water somewhere,” said Hecla Finance Officer Gayle Lloyd.