Rivers, Lakes and Waterways

The newest additions to the Downtown Storm Inlet Art Project draw attention to how storm runoff affects Sioux Falls.

The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System has awarded more than $14 million to construct the final segment of the Madison service line in the eastern part of the state.

State officials say water levels will continue to drop at Lake Oahe due to drought conditions and low Rocky Mountain snowpack.

The city of Sioux Falls is hosting its annual Big Sioux River Greenway Cleanup event on Saturday. At past cleanups, volunteers have removed thousands of pounds of trash from the river.

About 100 South Dakotans have relied on bottled water and a filtration system for nearly four years after Ellsworth Air Force Base learned it was contaminating drinking water with dangerous chemicals.

When Sioux Falls surveyed residents about sustainability concerns, many of the responses were about the Big Sioux River.Holly Meier is the city's sustainability coordinator. She says the city and other groups are responding with projects to clean up the river and its watershed.

The state of South Dakota still has nearly $1 billion of federal coronavirus relief money, and some state officials want to spend most of it on water projects.

A public board is spending more money to study a potential Missouri River pipeline to the Black Hills area.The board of the West Dakota Water Development…

Efforts to clean up and improve the water quality of Lake Mitchell are gaining momentum thanks to collaboration between city officials, state and federal…

A water development group is putting together a coalition to bring Missouri River water to the Rapid City region. Early estimates indicate the project…