Gov. Jack Dalrymple today joined local and state officials to break ground on a flood protection project that will provide permanent protection for the Minot Water Treatment Plant. The project is designed to prevent floods similar to the 2011 flood of the Mouse River from impacting the plant and the region's water source.
The project includes flood protection infrastructure that will help protect the water supply for the City of Minot and the surrounding area from future flood events by using floodwalls, levees and removable flood barriers. The infrastructure will prevent future floods from contaminating and interrupting the potable water supply production and transmission at the water treatment plant. The plant is a water source for up to 100,000 people in Minot and surrounding communities.
"Providing permanent flood protection for Minot continues to be a high priority for the state and protecting the region's water resource is an important part of those efforts," said Dalrymple. "We have been working closely with the City of Minot to develop a plan to protect the Minot Water Treatment Plant and will continue to work to implement comprehensive flood protection for the area."