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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

$49,146,469

Department of the Interior·Bureau of Reclamation

to NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY

WORK BEGAN2023-05-19·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_R23AC00312_014
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FEDERAL FUNDS TO NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM. THE WATER SYSTEMS SERVING RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA DO NOT MEET MINIMUM HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS, POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND ARE INADEQUATE TO SUPPLY THE WATER NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS. FURTHER, THE ENTITIES ADMINISTERING THE RURAL AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY COMPLYING WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (42 U.S.C. 300F ET SEQ.). CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW 107-331 TO ADDRESS THE WATER SUPPLY ISSUE IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA.THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PLAN, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT THE NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM TO ENSURE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE RURAL, MUNICIPAL, AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY FOR RESIDENTS OF CHOUTEAU, GLACIER, HILL, LIBERTY, PONDERA, TETON, AND TOOLE COUNTIES, MONTANA.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Design and construct a regional water system in North Central Montana to provide safe drinking water meeting federal standards.

Sub-sectors
drinking-water-infrastructuresdwa-compliancerural-water-systems
Why this matters

Addresses decades-long rural water crisis by enabling Safe Drinking Water Act compliance across seven Montana counties.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for water treatment equipment, pipeline materials, and regional construction services in North Central Montana.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-10. Cost: $0.009084.

Period of performance
Start
2023-05-19
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 171 days
Sources

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