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South Dakota Residents To Benefit From Rural
Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements
HURON, S.D., Dec. 4, 2018 - Assistant to the Secretary
for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced
that USDA is investing $1.2 billion to help rebuild and
improve rural water infrastructure for 936,000 rural
Americans living in 46 states. Seven projects in South
Dakota are receiving funding.
“Access to water is a key driver for economic opportunity and quality of life in rural communities,” Hazlett
said. “Under the leadership of Agriculture Secretary
Sonny Perdue, USDA is committed to being a strong partner to rural communities in building prosperity through
modern water infrastructure.”
USDA is providing financing for 234 water and environmental infrastructure projects through the Water and
Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. The funding
can be used for drinking water, stormwater drainage
and waste disposal systems for rural communities with
10,000 or fewer residents.
Eligible communities and water districts can apply
online on the interactive RD Apply tool, or they can apply through one of USDA Rural Development’s state or
field offices.
Below are examples of the investments USDA is making in South Dakota:
• The City of Redfield will use a $7,980,000 loan and
a $5,186,000 grant to finance improvements to its sewer
collection system. It will replace or reline deficient
collections throughout the community. These improvements will help alleviate inflow and infiltration, as well
as health and sanitary concerns caused by deficiencies
in the system. In addition, improvements will provide a
cohesive sewer collection system for the community’s
2,333 residents. The federal funding will be leveraged
with local funds to accomplish enhancements and
provide a unified sewer collection system for this rural
community.
• The City of Redfield will use a $4,012,000 and a
$3,274,000 grant to improve the water distribution
system. The booster station will be enhanced, and
outdated distribution lines will be replaced throughout
the community. These improvements will create operating efficiencies and provide a reliable water distribution
system for the community’s 2,333 residents.
• WEB Water Development Association, Inc. will use a
$35,492,000 loan and a $5,901,000 grant to make improvements to the water system. WEB Water will parallel a
water line along their main trunk line, construct an additional storage tank along the main trunk line, and parallel
or add water lines, and make booster station upgrades
throughout various low-capacity locations within their
current service area. These system improvements will
alleviate capacity issues currently plaguing the system.
It will also create operating efficiencies and provide a
reliable and viable water distribution system throughout
north-central and northeast South Dakota and southcentral North Dakota. The federal funds will be leveraged with local funds to complete enhancements and
provide an efficient and reliable water system for more
than 41,000 rural residents served by WEB throughout
17 counties in North and South Dakota.
• The City of Madison will use a $7,749,000 loan
and a $2,091,000 grant to upgrade its water distribution system. It will replace an aging water tower with
a larger capacity tower and update aging water mains
throughout various sections of the city. These improvements will transform the aging, inadequate facility into
a modern, full capable facility to serve the community’s
6,474 residents.
• The Town of Pierpont will use a $585,000 loan and
a $737,000 grant to make improvements to the sewer
system. It will replace sewer mains, manholes and
service lines. It will also make improvements to its sewer
lagoons. These upgrades will replace old lines and
repair the collection system. The federal funds will be
leveraged with local funds of $30,000. The population
served is 135.
• The City of Herreid will use a $1,721,000 loan and a
$1,340,000 grant to make improvements to the sewer collection system. It will replace outdated collection lines
throughout the community. These improvements will
help alleviate inflow and infiltration caused by deficiencies in the system and will provide a modernized sewer
system for the community’s 438 residents. Local funds
will be used in conjunction with the leveraged funds to
accomplish the enhancements and provide a more unified sewer collection system.
• The City of Britton will use a $845,000 loan and a
$118,000 grant to make improvements to the storm sewer collection system. It will replace outdate collection
lines and install additional curb and gutters in various
areas in the city. These improvements will help the flow
of drainage throughout the community. This project will
serve this rural community of 1,250 residents.
USDA is making investments in rural communities in:
Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii,
Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New
York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established
the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural
Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy
changes that could promote agriculture and prosperity
in rural communities. In January 2018, Secretary Perdue
presented the Task Force’s findings to President Trump.
These findings included 31 recommendations to align the
federal government with state, local and tribal governments to take advantage of opportunities that exist in
rural America. Increasing investments in rural infrastructure is a key recommendation of the task force.
To view the report in its entirety, please view the Report to the President of the United States from the Task
Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB).
In addition, to view the categories of the recommendations, please view the Rural Prosperity infographic (PDF,
190 KB).
USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants
to help expand economic opportunities and create jobs
in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure
improvements; business development; housing; community services such as schools, public safety and health
care; and high-speed internet access in rural areas. For
more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.
SD Army National Guard To Undergo
Force Structure And Stationing Changes
RAPID CITY, S.D. - The South
Army Total Force initiatives and
Dakota Army National Guard will are an evolutionary response
undergo unit force structure,
to an ever-changing operational
task organization and relocation environment characterized by
changes beginning next year to
emergent threats, changing force
optimize its organizational readi- structure to meet operational
ness and capabilities to respond needs, and greater reliance upon
to state and federal missions.
the National Guard as an operaAs part of the reorganizational force for the U.S. Army.
tion, the SDARNG will deactivate
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recruiting demographics for
future projected growth, and
ensure coverage of state mission
requirements.
The SDARNG will increase its
overall force structure allowance
from 3,012 to 3,097, adding 85
soldier positions and allowing
more opportunities for people
to serve.
The force structure changes
include the deactivation of three
units: 139th Brigade Support
Battalion based in Brookings;
Company A, 139th BSB in Watertown; and Company B, 139th
BSB in Mitchell.
Replacing these units will be
the activation of the 109th Engineer Battalion and a Forward
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in Rapid City, and the 665th
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*Detachment 1, 155th Engineer Company from Wagner to
Parkston
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Parkston to Huron
*Detachment 1, 211th Engineer Company from De Smet to
Madison
As part of the reorganization,
some units will be task organized under a different battalion headquarters to optimize
stationing proximity and ensure
effective command and control
for operational, administrative,
training and logistical support.
"We strategically position
forces and capabilities in the
state to maintain readiness
and allow the National Guard
to respond in support of civil
authorities," Reisch said. "As
the National Guard continues
to transform now and into the
future, we will meet those changing needs and determine the
best composition and locations
to make us as efficient and effective as possible."
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with its company headquarters
in Madison. The unit armory is
currently co-located with the
high school and their lease with
the SDARNG will be terminated.
Exclusive use of the armory
space will be turned over to the
school district and is expected
to be completed by December
2019.
While these changes will
reduce the SDARNG's community presence from 22 to 21 state
locations, it will not impact the
organization's ability to respond
to state mission requirements
and support any communities.
"It is with genuine sadness
that we will be relocating from
De Smet - a community that has
supported the National Guard in
a truly outstanding manner for
decades," said Reisch. "We will
continue to maintain our ties to
De Smet through recruiting and
support of community events,
and there will be no change in
our ability to respond to their
needs should an emergency
occur.
"The National Guard is dedicated to serving the citizens of
South Dakota and support of all
of our communities," continued
Reisch. "Never in our history,
have we been better trained,
equipped or more heavily relied
upon than we are today."
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