NEWS RELEASE:
CARRINGTON, ND (August 19, 2024) — The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District’s (Garrison Diversion) MR&I Water Supply Assistance Grant Program provides funding assistance to offset the costs of new customer hookups to a rural water system or district within Garrison Diversion’s member counties.
The Water Supply Assistance Grant Program is also in place to aid municipal water systems or districts with extraordinary OM&R projects or emergencies impacting the delivery of water to users, introduce health and safety issues, or bring potential harm to other infrastructure if not repaired.
In August, the MR&I Committee awarded $73,155 to eleven rural water users in the district for residential, livestock and business use. The following systems had projects receiving funding from the Water Supply Assistance Grant Program:
• Cass Rural Water District – $10,000 for one customer hookup
• East Central Regional Water District – $29,500 for three customer hookups
• McKenzie County Water Resource District – $14,881 for three customer hookups
• McLean-Sheridan Rural Water District – $3,424 for two customer hookups
• Stutsman Rural Water District – $15,350 for two customer hookups
Additionally, the City of McVille received $1,080 to assist with a water leak within the city.
There are two grant application periods each year. The next deadline for new customer hookup applications is May 1, although emergency requests are considered as needed. There continues to be no deadline on extraordinary OM&R projects for municipalities, as these will occur on an as-needed basis.
Eligibility requirements state the applicant must reside within one of Garrison Diversion’s 28 member counties, must be or have a member sponsor that is a political subdivision (municipality or rural water district), and a municipality must serve a population of 5,000 people or less.
Grant guidelines and applications can be found at www.garrisondiversion.org.