Ensuring Water Security

“As population in the area increases, the need to ensure water security will grow ever greater. Therefore, local entities with a stake in our water security should pool their resources to ensure that they are proactive in securing future sources of water, one of which could involve water from the Missouri River.” (Source: 2019 SDSMT Study) Access to reliable and plentiful source of high quality drinking water is critically important from a public health and safety standpoint, especially in western South Dakota, which has a more arid climate and limited water supplies. This is compounded by population and industrial growth.