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2024

Check Out the Updated RRVWSP Website

Check Out the Updated RRVWSP Website The Red River Valley Water Supply Project has a newly updated website. The revamped site officially launched at the beginning of the year. Project...

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Meet Keith Nilson LAWA Board Member

Meet Keith Nilson, LAWA Board Member Keith Nilson has represented the Walsh Rural Water District on the Lake Agassiz Water Authority (LAWA) Board of Directors for the past nine years....

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Meet Ann Broussard, LAWA Board Member

Meet Ann Broussard, LAWA Board Member One of the newest members of the Lake Agassiz Water Authority (LAWA) Board of Directors is a self-described Cajun from Louisiana who relocated to...

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2023
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2023 Legislative Update

Supporters and end users of the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP) have been making regular trips to Bismarck since the legislative session kicked off at the beginning of...

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RRVWSP Construction Kicks Off

Near Carrington, construction crews have kicked off the 2023 construction season on the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP), focusing on the 72” transmission pipeline in Foster County that...

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RRVWSP Construction Progress

There are currently three construction crew shifts working night and day to lay 72” pipe in the ground in Foster County, near Carrington. They are focused on wrapping up a...

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2022
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RRVWSP Construction Top Priority in 2022

The co-sponsors of the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP), Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (Garrison Diversion) and the Lake Agassiz Water Authority (LAWA), are eager to ramp up construction...

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2021
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RRVWSP Legislative Session Update

The second half of the North Dakota legislative session began in early March. Representatives of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (Garrison Diversion) and Lake Agassiz Water Authority (LAWA) are making...

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RRVWSP Construction Ramps Up

The 2021 construction season is well underway. Crews are working on three major features of the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP), which will convey treated water from the...

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2020
2019
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RRVWSP Spotlight: Meet Ken Vein

Ken Vein has been doing everything he can for more than four decades to protect the City of Grand Forks from natural disasters while serving in various professional and elected...

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2018
2017
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Project to Benefit Half of N.D.

BY ALYSSA MEIEREditorA pipeline running from Washburn through central and eastern North Dakota will provide water to approximately half of all state residents. With a tentative plan to start construction...

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Celebrating RRVWSP Progress

Over the past two years, the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP) has made great strides.  Project organizers hope the project’s momentum continues into the upcoming biennium.  “It’s clear...

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Moving water across ND

By Keith Norman on Mar 25, 2017           The political climate for proceeding with the Red River Valley Water Supply Project looks good at the federal level, according to Duane DeKrey,...

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Funding request for project trimmed

Funding request for project trimmedThe Leader-News & Underwood NewsAlyssa Meier, Editor After initially requesting $150 million, Red River Valley Water Supply Project officials are now asking the State for only a...

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2016

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