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STATE WATER COMMISSION OVERVIEW
Dale L. FrinkSecretary and State Engineer
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1905 Office of the State Engineer
officially created by Legislature
1937 Legislature created the State
Water Conservation Commission in response
to severe drought
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Southwest Pipeline
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NAWS
Main Transmission Line Completed
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Red River Valley Water Supply
McClusky Canalto Sheyenne River
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Example Water Transfer Projects In North America
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Total Flow 162 cfs
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Total Flow 39,423 cfs
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Grand Forks Flood Control
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Maple River Dam
Substantial Completion - 2006 Operational in
2007 60,000 AF of Storage
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Devils Lake Basin Flooding
STATE OUTLET COMPLETED
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Drought Disaster Livestock Watering Program

• Reactivated - May 2008
• 1.25M allocated this year
• Over 300 applications counting

Photo ND Tourism/G. Kellogg
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Cloud Modification Project
Operational goals increase rainfall
reduce hail 45 reduction in crop hail
losses 10 increase in rainfall
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Digital Floodplain Mapping

• All 53 Counties
• Project completion in 2010
• 4.7M total cost

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Sovereign Land Management Plan
Drafted in cooperation with nine state
agencies Public meetings Contains
recommendations specific action strategies
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Lawsuits

• Pembina Border Dike Devils Lake Landowners
• Northwest Area Water Supply Devils Lake Outlet
  - MB

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Information Technology
www.swc.nd.gov
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Thank you!