This bill directs the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to study whether it's feasible to build a water supply project that would deliver water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water System to serve municipal, rural, and industrial needs in western South Dakota. The study will be conducted jointly with the Western Dakota Regional Water System, Inc., a nonprofit organization, along with federal, state, tribal, and local authorities. After completion, the Secretary must submit a detailed feasibility report to Congress recommending whether the project should be authorized for construction and specifying what share of costs should be paid by non-federal entities (at least 25 percent). The federal government will cover up to 50 percent of the feasibility study costs, with $10 million authorized for spending on the study, and the authority to conduct this work expires 10 years after the bill becomes law.
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