Landowner Satisfaction the Goal of the RRVWSP Land Restoration Process
Start to finish they were easy to get along with and did what they said they’d do,” says Tom Carr, Foster County landowner, about the Red River Valley Water Supply Project’s (RRRVWSP) construction and restoration process. Carr owns and rents land along the RRVWSP pipeline corridor.
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. “I became involved in LAWA because I thought it would be a good opportunity to become more involved with the Red River Valley Water Supply […]
Meet Jeff LeDoux, Garrison Diversion Board Member
Meet Jeff LeDoux, Garrison Diversion Board Member One of the newest members of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (Garrison Diversion) Board of Directors recently completed his first year of service. Jeff LeDoux represents Cass County on the Garrison Diversion Board. Garrison Diversion’s mission is to provide a reliable, high quality and affordable water supply to […]
2024 Construction Season Welcomes 100+ Construction Workers to Foster County
2024 Construction Season Welcomes 100+ Construction Workers to Foster County The 2024 construction season will be the busiest yet along the route of the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP) pipeline. Three construction contracting companies will have crews living and working in and around the City of Carrington, as they install more than 20 […]
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 information is organized with drop down menus titled About RRVWSP, Project Features, Construction Updates, Funding, Landowners, and News & Media. “The new website is more […]
RRVWSP Construction Status and 2023-2025 Work Plan
Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (Garrison Diversion) awarded two construction contracts this fall for about 20 miles of pipeline for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP) pipeline. Construction of the Transmission Pipe East 5C and 5D contracts are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2024. Oscar Renda Contracting received the $76,663,355 5C contract […]
Garrison Diversion and LAWA Reconfirm Partnership
As progress on the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP) ramps up, the co-sponsors of the state and local project reconfirmed their partnership. Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (Garrison Diversion) Board members and staff came together with Lake Agassiz Water Authority (LAWA) Board members in October for a daylong meeting. The purpose of the discussion […]
Introducing Mark Johnson, LAWA Board Member
Mark Johnson is nearing the 30th anniversary of serving on the Cass Rural Water Users District Board of Directors. He joined the Board in 1995 and later became the Cass Rural Water representative on the Lake Agassiz Water Authority (LAWA). Over the years, Mark has witnessed the Red River Valley Water Supply Project (RRVWSP) move […]
Meet Ken Vein, Garrison Diversion & LAWA Board Member
Ken Vein has worked on many historic projects over the course of his careers in engineering and public service. During his time as the Grand Forks City Engineer and Public Works Director, he fought the historic flood of 1997 and helped plan the recovery from the natural disaster. On the opposite end of the spectrum, […]
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of ND Water Project
n July, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Missouri Federal District Court’s ruling to allow water from the Missouri River to be conveyed to central North Dakota. The ruling relates to the 2021 dismissal of the State of Missouri’s challenge of the Bureau of Reclamation’s environmental review of the Central North Dakota Water […]