Two North Dakota Tribes receiving money for water infrastructure

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Bismarck, ND) -- Two North Dakota tribes are receiving funds to help update water and sewer systems on reservations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded two-million dollars to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt to help with a the installation of a water supply and sewer system.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is receiving three-million dollars toward the installation of a mater main flowing from Kenel, South Dakota to the North Dakota border.