Secretary Salazar Announces $40 Million Investment for Rural Water in Northeastern Montana

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Monday that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $40 million to the Fort Peck/Dry Prairie Rural Water System in northeastern Montana under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The investment will assist in providing drinking water to more than 27,430 residents in eastern Montana. Funding will be used to complete construction of a water treatment plant and accelerate rights-of-way acquisition, engineering design and construction of pipeline segments.

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    Secretary Salazar flanked by Montana Senators Max Baucus (left) and Jon Tester (right) announced $40 million for rural water in northeastern Montana. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    Secretary Salazar delivers his remarks to the H2O 09 water conference in Billings, Mont. Seated to the right are conference organizer Chuck Tooley, Director of MSU-Billings Urban Institute, Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    Montana Senator Max Baucus at the podium for the second annual H2O 09 water conference. Seated to the right are conference organizer Chuck Tooley, Director of MSU-Billings Urban Institute, Montana Senator Jon Tester and Secretary Salazar. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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    “This significant investment in the water delivery system of this area will continue the Bureau of Reclamation's tradition of providing water to communities, large and small,” Secretary Salazar said at the water conference in Billings. Seated to the right are conference organizer Chuck Tooley, Director of MSU-Billings Urban Institute, Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann – DOI]

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