Biden ARPA Invested $694M in Water Projects Across South Dakota

If you are drinking water in South Dakota, or using water to green your grass or flush your poop, you should send a thank-you note to President Joe Biden, whose American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 pumped $693,923,200.69 into 141 municipal and regional water systems to help finish vital water infrastructure projects everywhere in South Dakota.

Here’s Bob Mercer’s meticulous and massive list of the happy and hydrated Biden Bucks recipients, which he compiled from Department of Agriculture (and Natural Resources) reports:

Aberdeen, a city of 28,495 in Brown County, received an ARPA grant of $18,896,000 for $56,323,000 of work at its wastewater treatment facility.

Alcester, a city of 820 in Union County, received an ARPA grant of $1,418,650 for $1,669,000 of work on collection system improvements.

Alexandria, a city of 649 in Hanson County, received an ARPA grant of $150,000 for $900,000 of water distribution improvements.

Alexandria also received a second ARPA grant of $1,080,000 for $2,894,000 of wastewater system improvements.

Arlington, a city of 915 in Brookings and Kingsbury counties, received an ARPA grant of $418,537 for $1,190,310 of wastewater system improvements.

Aurora, a community of 1,042 in Brookings County, received an ARPA grant of $2,553,971 for $4,508,000 of wastewater system improvements.

Aurora Brule Rural Water System based at Kimball received an ARPA grant of $1,855,266 for $6,184,220 of system improvements and expansion.

Baltic, a city of 1,246 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $605,832 for $1,879,000 for lift station replacement and sewer improvements.

Baltic also received a second ARPA grant of $622,332 for $1,934,000 of water system improvements.

BDM Rural Water System based at Britton received an ARPA grant of $3,530,083 for $11,537,000 of water system improvements.

Bear Butte Valley Water received an ARPA grant of $5,202,000 for $6,317,5000 for the Alkali Road expansion.

Beresford, a city of 2,180 in Lincoln and Union counties, received an ARPA grant of $5,177,347 for $14,360,000 of wastewater collection and treatment improvements.

Black Hawk Water User District received an ARPA grant of $506,400 for $1,688,000 of water system improvements.

Bowdle, a city of 470 in Edmunds County, received an ARPA grant of $762,176 for $2,429,000 of water system improvements.

Box Elder, a city of 11,746 in Meade and Pennington counties, received an ARPA grant of $1,857,150 for $6,190,500 of drinking water improvements.

Box Elder also received a second ARPA grant of $2,460,000 for a $5,800,000 sanitary sewer upgrade and expansion.

Brandon, a city of 11,048 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $478,837 for the $3,625,000 Bethany sewer main expansion.

Brandon also received a second ARPA grant of $1,345,005 for $2,690,010 of wastewater infrastructure improvements.

Brandon also received a third ARPA grant of $7,467,900 for $24,893,000 of water infrastructure improvements.

Bridgewater, a city of 511 in McCook County, received an ARPA grant of $3,851,442 for $4,600,000 of sanitary and storm sewer improvements.

Britton, a city of 1,215 in Marshall County, received an ARPA grant of $504,968 for $1,531,000 of lift station and sewer improvements.

Brookings, a city of 23,377 in Brookings County, received an ARPA grant of $21,039,300 for a $74,002,500 water treatment facility.

Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System based at rural Toronto received an ARPA grant of $2,703,240 for $9,010,800 of phase tank mainline improvements.

Canistota, a city of 631 in McCook County, received an ARPA grant of $256,966 for $667,000 of watermain replacement.

Canistota also received a second ARPA grant of $584,267 for $1,758,000 of sanitary and storm sewer infrastructure improvements.

Canova, a town of 89 in Miner County, received an ARPA grant of $25,114 for $190,000 of water infrastructure improvements.

Canton, a city of 3,066 in Lincoln County, received an ARPA grant of $318,311 for $2,658,000 to Beaver Creek trunk sewer improvements.

Canton also received a second ARPA grant of an identical $318,311 for $2,407,000 of drinking water improvements.

Castlewood, a city of 698 in Hamlin County, received an ARPA grant of $354,627 for $800,000 of distribution system improvement and water tower rehabilitation.

Chamberlain, a city of 2,473 in Brule County, received an ARPA grant of $271,000 for $850,000 of water system improvements.

Chamberlain also received a second ARPA grant of $910,000 for $2,500,000 of wastewater improvements.

Chancellor, a town of 300 in Turner County, received an ARPA grant of $1,105,000 for $1,300,000 of drinking water distribution improvements.

Chancellor also received a second ARPA grant of $1,190,000 for $1,400,000 of sanitary and storm sewer improvements.

Clark, a city of 1,148 in Clark County, received an ARPA grant of $4,297,054 for $7,857,370 of drinking water system improvements.

Clay Rural Water System based at rural Wakonda received an ARPA grant of $4,955,100 for $16,517,000 of water system improvements.

Colman, a city of 634 in Moody County, received an ARPA grant of $249,600 for $480,000 of water distribution system improvements.

Colman also received a second ARPA grant of $1,236,900 for $1,995,000 of wastewater collection system improvements.

Colton, a city of 738 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $2,107,327 for $2,609,000 of sanitary sewer improvements.

Corona, a town of 69 in Roberts County, received an ARPA grant of $312,800 for $391,000 of water distribution system improvements.

Corsica, a city of 561 in Douglas County, received an ARPA grant of $121,500 for $405,000 of water distribution system improvements.

Corsica also received a second ARPA grant of $341,078 for $999,825 of sanitary and storm sewer improvements.

Crooks. a city of 1,362 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $161,763 for $1,823,000 for a new lift station and sanitary sewer expansion.

Crooks also received a second ARPA grant of $797,970 for $1,494,000 of east lift station work.

Custer, a city of 1,9191 in Custer County, received an ARPA grant of $125,100 fora $1,539,000 upgrade of the treatment facility and sewer force main slip-lining.

Custer also received a second ARPA grant of $6,257,949 for an $11,442,109 wastewater treatment system upgrade.

Dakota Dunes Community Improvement District received an ARPA grant of $155,766 toward the $519,200 cost for a parallel sanitary sewer line.

Dakota Dunes CID also received a second ARPA grant of $247,025 for $823,416 of force main improvements.

Dakota Dunes CID also received a third ARPA grant of $257,100 for $857,000 of water system improvements.

Davison Rural Water District based at rural Mitchell received an ARPA grant of $439,614 for $1,256,042 of water system improvements and meter upgrades.

Deer Mountain Sanitary District, based in Lawrence County at the former Deer Mountain ski resort, received an ARPA grant of $45,798 for $3,047,350 for water system construction and replacement.

Dell Rapids, a city of 3,996 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant in the final amount of $2,702,300 for $5,890,000 of 3rd Street sanitary sewer and storm sewer improvements.

Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources based in Pierre received an ARPA grant of $1,000,000 to pay landowners $1,000,000 for riparian buffer strips.

De Smet, a city of 1,056 in Kingsbury County, received an ARPA grant of $703,100 for $2,090,000 of wastewater collection system improvements.

DeSmet also received a second ARPA grant of $2,777,500 for $5,050,000 of water distribution system improvements.

Dupree, a city of 494 in Ziebach County, received an ARPA grant of $1,924,110 for $4,008,562 of wastewater system improvements.

Ellsworth Development Authority based at Rapid City received an ARPA grant of $550,000 for a $550,000 West River water regionalization study.

Emery, a city of 484 in Hanson County, received an ARPA grant of $2,119,900 for $2,494,000 of storm sewer improvements.

Fall River Water Users District based at Oral received an ARPA grant of $7,091,550 for $10,007,000 of water system improvements.

Flandreau, a city of 2,372 in Moody County, received an ARPA grant of $1,396,832 for $4,380,000 of wastewater collection system improvements.

Flandreau also received a second ARPA grant of $1,414,832 for $4,440,000 of water distribution system improvements.

Fort Pierre, a city of 2,115 in Stanley County, received an ARPA grant of $398,697 for a $5,028,000 water storage tank.

Garretson, a city of 1,228 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $92,000 for $202,000 of Dows Street watermain improvements.

Gayville, a town of 328 in Yankton County, received an ARPA grant of $2,993,100 for $4,929,000 of sanitary and storm sewer rehabilitation.

Grant-Roberts Rural Water System based at Milbank received an ARPA grant of $2,433,600 for $6,794,000 of internal system improvements.

Gregory, a city of 1,221 in Gregory County, received an ARPA grant of $1,045,500 for $3,485,000 of water distribution improvements.

Gregory also received a second ARPA grant of $1,335,600 for $4,452,000 of wastewater improvements.

Groton, a city of 1,380 in Brown County, received an ARPA grant of $664,547 for $1,326,000 of watermain improvements.

Hanson Rural Water System based at Emery received an ARPA grant of $1,273,835 for $3,639,529 of water distribution improvements and upgrades.

Harrisburg, a city of 6,732 in Lincoln County, received an ARPA grant of $7,367,727 for $17,749,000 of westside trunk and southeastern sewer improvements.

Hartford, a city of 3,354 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $8,980,784 for a $16,720,000 wastewater treatment facility and collection system.

Hermosa, a town of 382 in Custer County, received an ARPA grant of $163,044 for a $3,525,00 new source of drinking water.

Hermosa also received a second ARPA grant of $375,400 for a $1,150,000 lagoon expansion and Gumbo Lily Lane extension.

High Meadows Water Association based at rural Black Hawk received an ARPA grant of $488,000 for $1,140,000 of drinking water improvements.

Howard, a city of 848 in Miner County, received an ARPA grant of $2,665,864 for $5,274,000 of wastewater collection system improvements.

Hudson, a town of 311 in Lincoln County, received an ARPA grant of $721,820 for $1,678,000 of sanitary sewer improvements.

Hudson also received a second ARPA grant of $957,656 for $2,161,000 of water system improvements.

Humboldt, a city of 579 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $520,300 for $946,000 of water distribution system improvements.

Humboldt also received a second ARPA grant of $2,380,850 for $2,801,000 of sanitary sewer improvements.

Huron, a city of 14,263 in Beadle County, received an ARPA grant of $720,000 for $5,030,000 of storm sewer improvements for the DEX project at the State Fairgrounds.

Huron also received a second ARPA grant of $1,903,500 for $6,345,000 of wastewater infrastructure improvements.

Huron also received a third ARPA grant of $4,872,084 for $13,032,000 of water system improvements.

Ipswich, a city of 928 in Edmunds County, received an ARPA grant of $1,770,370 for $2,584,482 of storm sewer upgrades.

Irene, a city of 422 in Clay, Turner and Yankton counties, received an ARPA grant of $496,400 for $584,000 of wastewater treatment improvements.

Irene also received a second ARPA grant of $1,720,400 for $2,024,000 of water tower improvements.

Isabel, a town of 145 in Dewey County, received an ARPA grant of $418,835 for $2,044,000 of wastewater collection improvements.

James River Water Development District based at Huron received an ARPA grant of $5,000,000 for the $46,895,340 segment two of the south central watershed implementation.

Joint Well Field, based at rural Toronto and a supplier to Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System and Kingbrook Rural Water, received an ARPA grant of $1,656,900 for $6,273,000 of water treatment plant improvements.

Joint Well Field also received a second ARPA grant of $2,868,000 for a $9,560,000 new water treatment plant.

Kadoka, a city of 543 in Jackson County, received an ARPA grant of $192,300 for $641,000 of Poplar Street drinking water improvements.

Kadoka also received a second ARPA grant of $913,188 for $2,873,000 of sanitary and storm sewer improvements.

Kennebec, a city of 281 in Lyman County, received an ARPA grant of $1,725,500 for $3,132,000 of sewer and storm sewer improvements.

Keystone, a city of 240 in Pennington County, received an ARPA grant of $92,800 for a $244,000 new well construction.

Kingbrook Rural Water System based at Arlington received an ARPA grant of $108,000 for $360,000 of Carthage water tower improvements.

Kingbrook Rural Water System also received a second ARPA grant of $9,900,000 for a $33,000,000 system improvement project.

Lake Norden, a city of 554 in Hamlin County, received an ARPA grant of $652,463 for a $2,019,300 water storage tower.

Lake Poinsett Sanitary District based at rural Arlington received an ARPA grant of $2,790,251 for $4,600,000 of lift station and collection system improvements.

Lake Preston, a city of 599 in Kingsbury County, received an ARPA grant of $2,167,175 for $2,599,000 of drinking water improvements.

Lake Preston also received a second ARPA grant of $2,338,675 for $2,921,000 of sanitary sewer utility improvements.

Lead, a city of 2,982 in Lawrence County, received an ARPA grant of $78,154 for the $763,931 cost of replacing the Mill Street waterline.

Lead also received a second ARPA grant of $142,163 for the $913,285 cost of the Mill Street wastewater and storm sewer separation.

Lead-Deadwood Sanitary District based at Deadwood received an ARPA grant of $272,100 for $907,000 of wastewater treatment plant improvements.

Lead-Deadwood Sanitary District also received a second ARPA grant of $1,116,000 for $3,720,000 of drinking water system improvements.

Lennox, a city of 2,423 in Lincoln County, received an ARPA grant of $480,400 for $868,000 of Boynton Avenue water improvements.

Lennox also received a second ARPA grant of $1,172,251 for $2,809,000 of Boynton Avenue wastewater improvements.

Lennox also received a third ARPA grant of $1,636,800 for $2,976,000 of central basin water improvements.

Lennox also received a fourth ARPA grant of $4,003,450 for $7,279,000 of central basin wastewater improvements.

Lesterville, a town of 115 in Yankton County, received an ARPA grant of $763,300 for $1,335,000 of storm sewer system improvements.

Lewis & Clark Regional Water System based at Tea received an ARPA grant of $7,300,000 for a $43,787,000 water system expansion.

Lincoln County Rural Water System based at Sioux Falls received an ARPA grant of $1,137,300 for $3,791,000 of eastern distribution system improvements.

Madison, a city of 6,191 in Lake County, received an ARPA grant of $1,907,720 for $5,692,400 of sanitary sewer improvements.

Madison also received a second ARPA grant of $4,342,550 for $12,308,500 of drinking water system improvements.

Marion, a city of 849 in Turner County, received an ARPA grant of $124,027 for $2,243,500 of Broadway Avenue utility improvements.

Marion also received a second ARPA grant of $124,027 for $2,293,500 of Broadway Avenue utility improvements.

Mid-Dakota Rural Water System based at Miller received an ARPA grant of $13,867,250 for $45,335,000 of water system improvements.

Mid-Dakota Rural Water also received a second ARPA grant of $10,500,000.

Mid-Dakota Rural Water also received a third ARPA grant of $56,452.

Mid-Dakota Rural Water also received a fourth ARPA grant of $1,160,000.

Miller, a city of 1,349 in Hand County, received an ARPA grant of $113,421 for $910,000 of wastewater improvements.

Miller also received a second ARPA grant of $2,733,245 for $4,307,000 of water improvements.

Mina Lake Sanitary District based at Mina received an ARPA grant of $105,600 for the $352,000 cost of water meter replacement.

Mission Hill, a town of 182 in Yankton County, received an ARPA grant of $267,034 for $851,010 of wastewater system improvements.

Mitchell, a city of 15,660 in Davison County, received an ARPA grant of $2,846,472 for $20,831,000 of wastewater treatment facilities improvements.

Mitchell also received a second ARPA grant of $12,775,696 for a $30,000,000 second phase of wastewater facilities improvements.

Mni Waste Water Company based in Eagle Butte received an ARPA grant of $1,238,302 for $2,938,302 of intake emergency slide repair.

Mni Waste Water Company also received a second ARPA grant of $14,159,649 for $43,441,000 of SD 63 North watermain.

Mobridge, a city of 3,261 in Walworth County, received an ARPA grant of $3,554,779 for $11,297,730 of drinking water system improvements.

Morristown, a town of 67 in Corson County, received an ARPA grant of $69,292 for $214,769 of potable water improvements.

Newell, a city of 584 in Butte County, received an ARPA grant of $255,100 for $709,000 of wastewater system improvements.

Newell also received a second ARPA grant of $342,600 for $1,142,000 of water system improvements.

North Sioux City, a municipality of 3,042 in Union County, received an ARPA grant of $1,511,890 for a $7,060,897 southwest sewer basin.

North Sioux City also received a second ARPA grant of $1,723,807 for the $7,651,000 Streeter Drive water treatment plant expansion.

Northdale Sanitary District based at Black Hawk received an ARPA grant of $132,000 for a $440,000 sewer line relocation.

Northville, a town of 139 in Spink County, received an ARPA grant of $1,044,562 for $1,250,250 of drinking water system improvements.

Parker, a city of 1,194 in Turner County, received an ARPA grant of $2,038,850 for $3,707,000 of watermain improvements.

Parker also received a second ARPA grant of $2,543,750 for $4,625,000 of wastewater improvements.

Parkston, a city of 1,567 in Hutchinson County, received an ARPA grant of $1,089,740 for $3,280,300 of wastewater collection and treatment improvements.

Peever, a town of 180 in Roberts County, received an ARPA grant of $914,000 for $2,606,500 of wastewater collection and treatment improvements.

Perkins County Rural Water System based in Bison received an ARPA grant of $2,471,000 toward $7,060,000 of costs for a water storage tank and pipeline improvements.

Philip, a city of 759 in Haakon County, received an ARPA grant of $160,771 for $353,500 of northeast water system improvements.

Pickerel Lake Sanitary District based in rural Grenville received an ARPA grant of $2,158,000 for $2,963,000 of wastewater collection improvements.

Pickstown, a town of 230 in Charles Mix County, received an ARPA grant of $435,200 for $1,400,000 of wastewater improvements.

Plankinton, a city of 781 in Aurora County, received an ARPA grant of $2,795,626 for $5,430,250 of wastewater collection system improvements.

Platte, a city of 1,311 in Charles Mix County, received an ARPA grant of $207,900 for $693,000 of wastewater improvements.

Platte also received a second ARPA grant of $286,453 for $1,349175 of drinking water system improvements.

Pleasant Valley Homeowners Association based at Piedmont received an ARPA grant of $149,000 for $398,000 of drinking water improvements.

Powder House Pass Community Improvement District based in rural Lead received an ARPA grant of $337,500 for $7,501,000 cost to expand the water resource recovery facility and lift station.

Presho, a city of 472 in Lyman County, received an ARPA grant of $45,000 for the $150,000 cost of water meters.

Randall Community Water District based at Lake Andes received an ARPA grant of $2,710,875 for $9,036,250 of internal system improvements.

Randall Community Water District also received a second ARPA grant of $22,422,375 for a $111,,156,550 regional waterline upgrade.

Rapid City, a city of 74,073 in Pennington County, received an ARPA grant of $350,000 for $785,000 of booster station improvements.

Rapid City also received a second ARPA grant of $3,400,000 for $7,400,000 of water reclamation facility upgrades.

Rapid City also received a third ARPA grant of $43,500,000 for the $145,000,000 South Plant water reclamation facility improvement.

Rapid Valley Sanitary District based at Rapid City received an ARPA grant of $5,663,000 for the $12,028,000 system expansion for service to Box Elder.

Ravinia, a town of 71 in Charles Mix County, received an ARPA grant of $191,700 for $1,865,250 of stormwater drainage system improvements.

Rosholt, a town of 379 in Roberts County, received an ARPA grant of $752,500 for a $2,150,000 water tower construction.

Salem, a city of 1,325 in McCook County, received an ARPA grant of $370,293 for $847,000 of storm sewer improvements.

Salem also received a second ARPA grant of $779,350 for $1,417,000 of industrial area water improvements.

Salem also received a third ARPA grant of $811,200 for $2,704,000 estimated cost of a second phase of industrial area water improvements.

Seneca, a town of 22 in Faulk County, received an ARPA grant of $168,300 for sewer improvements.

Shared Resources, based near Trent in Moody County and serving Big Sioux Community Water System and Minnehaha Community Water Corporation, received an ARPA grant of $49,442,188 for a $108,260,000 water treatment plant, storage and distribution system.

Sioux Falls, a city of 192,517 at the 2020 census and estimated at 209,289 in 2024 in Minnehaha and Lincoln counties, received an ARPA grant of $41,900,000 for a $123,000,000 water facility expansion.

Sioux Rural Water System based at rural Watertown received an ARPA grant of $1,778,350 for $5,081,000 of water system improvements.

South Lincoln Rural Water System based at rural Beresford received an ARPA grant of $5,677,918 for $16,222,624 of water system improvements.

South Shore, a town of 189 in Codington County, received an ARPA grant of $1,186,000 for $1635,500 of water system improvements.

Southern Black Hills Water System based at rural Hot Springs received an ARPA grant totaling $4,102,432 for extending service Paramount Point to Spring Creek Acres.

Spearfish, a city of 12,193 at the 2020 census in Lawrence County, received an ARPA grant of $1,386,000 for the $4,620,000 cost of the Exit 17 water tank and well.

Spearfish also received a second ARPA grant of $2,556,300 for $8,521,000 of wastewater conveyance and treatment improvements.

Spring Creek / Cow Creek Sanitary District based at rural Pierre received an ARPA grant of $369,858 for $1,232,860 of wastewater treatment improvements.

Spring Creek / Cow Creek Sanitary District also received a second ARPA grant of $1,776,000 for $2,220,000 estimated cost for water storage and infrastructure.

Springfield, a city of 1,914 in Bon Homme County, received an ARPA grant of $131,000 for a $380,000 water line replacement.

Sturgis, a city of 7,020 in Meade County, received an ARPA grant of $750,000 for $5,688,000 of drinking water improvements.

Summerset, a community of 2,972 in Meade County, received an ARPA grant of $3,569,279 toward the $9,995,000 cost of wastewater treatment plant expansion.

Tea, a city of 5,598 in Lincoln County, received an ARPA grant of $593,634 for $1,764,000 of Hagedorn industrial area water improvements.

Tea also received a second ARPA grant of $670,626 for $1,778,000 of sanitary sewer improvements.

Tea also received a third ARPA grant of $3,694,231 toward the $8,394,000 cost of a sewer regionalization project with neighboring Sioux Falls.

Timber Lake, a city of 509 in Dewey County, received an ARPA grant of $464,334 for $3,513,400 of wastewater improvements.

Timber Lake also received a second ARPA grant of $2,624,491 for $4,034,725 of water distribution and storage improvements.

TM Rural Water District based at Parker received an ARPA grant of $2,534,400 for $8,448,000 of water system improvements.

Tripp County Water User District based at Winner received an ARPA grant of $4,050,000 for $13,500,000 of systemwide improvements.

Tulare, a town of 211 in Spink County, received an ARPA grant of $1,053,267 for $2,540,000 of wastewater improvements.

Tyndall, a city of 1,057 in Bon Homme County, received an ARPA grant of $182,760 for $1,056,000 of collection system improvements.

Tyndall also received a second ARPA grant of $807,144 for a $2,000,000 watermain replacement.

Valley Springs, a city of 872 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $3,018,560 for $3,605,000 of drinking water system improvements.

Vermillion, a city of 11,695 in Clay County, received an ARPA grant of $502,500 for the $1,075,000 Tom Street lift station replacement.

Volga, a city of 2,113 in Brookings County, received an ARPA grant of $902,564 for $2,525,000 of drinking water system improvements.

Wagner, a city of 1,490 in Charles Mix County, received an ARPA grant of $147,500 for the $475,000 Walnut Avenue watermain upgrade.

Watertown, a city of 22,655 in Codington County, received an ARPA grant of $212,000 for the $2,040,000 construction of a landfill cell.

Watertown also received a second ARPA grant of $292,892 for $999,640 of water treatment plant equipment upgrades.

Watertown also received a third ARPA grant of $750,000 for a $2,500,000 replacement of primary water clarifier.

Watertown also received a fourth ARPA grant of $1,002,450 toward the $3,341,500 cost of Mellette and Harmony Hill watermain replacement.

Watertown also received a fifth ARPA grant of $1,458,690 for $4,862,300 of cast iron main replacement.

Watertown also received a sixth ARPA grant of $12,194,200 for $35,714,000 of wastewater collection and treatment improvements.

WEB Water Development Association based at rural Aberdeen received an ARPA grant of $6,520,000 for an $11,202,000 raw water pipe expansion.

WEB Water Development Association also received a second ARPA grant of $32,710,000 for the $48,500,900 cost of a treated water pipeline between US 83 and US 212.

WEB Water Development Association is the lead agency on the WINS regional water project, which will also serve BDM Rural Water and the city of Aberdeen. The WINS project received ARPA grants in four phases: $14,623,380 in June 2023; $10,500,000 in June 2024; $56,452 in November 2024; and $1,164,796 in May 2025, for a total of $26,344,628 in ARPA support.

Webster, a city of 1,728 in Day County, received an ARPA grant of $2,422,717 for $4,433,000 of water system improvements.

Webster also received a second ARPA grant of $4,065,673 for a $7,558,000 wastewater improvements project.

Wessington Springs, a city of 773 in Jerauld County, received an ARPA grant of $180,883 for $773,238 of drinking water improvements on Second Street.

Wessington Springs also received a second ARPA grant of $278,726 for wastewater improvements on College Avenue.

Wessington Springs also received a third ARPA grant of $337,925 for drinking water improvements on College Avenue.

West River / Lyman Jones Rural Water System based at Murdo received an ARPA grant of $1,200,000 for $4,000,000 of water distribution and storage improvements.

Westberry Trails Water Users Association based at Rapid City received an ARPA grant of $288,650 for $1,465,650 of drinking water improvements.

Western Dakota Regional Water System based at Rapid City received an ARPA grant of $8,000,000 to cover the cost of the Missouri River Waterline Western South Dakota study.

Weston Heights Sanitary District based at Rapid City received an ARPA grant of $3,290,350 for the $3,871,000 estimated cost of a new water storage reservoir.

White, a city of 537 in Brookings County, received an ARPA grant of $715,611 for $2,501,800 of watermain replacements.

White also received a second ARPA grant of $734,290 for $2,567,100 of sanitary sewer line replacements.

Wilmot, a city of 432 in Roberts County, received an ARPA grant of $1,962,408 for $4,092,000 of wastewater collection system improvements.

Worthing, a city of 927 in Minnehaha County, received an ARPA grant of $1,699,961 for $2,845,000 of wastewater treatment facility improvements.

Yankton, a city of 15,411 in Yankton County, received an ARPA grant of $16,681,550 for $44,565,600 of wastewater treatment plant improvements [Bob Mercer, “Federal COVID Aid Helped Many SD Water Projects,” KELO-TV, 2025.10.17].

President Biden made real improvements in the quality of life in South Dakota. Be glad South Dakota moved fast to spend that money before the current administration could claw back those funds and leave South Dakota high and dry.