Water break costs water access at Rocky Boy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency order on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Thursday after multiple water pipes burst and residents lost access to clean water with three days left until Christmas.

The emergency order, Sienna Meredith from the Montana office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday morning, urges reservation officials to notify the estimated 115 affected residents and provide alternative sources of water.

Dustin White, interim director of Tribal Water Resources for the Chippewa Cree Tribe on the reservation, said Friday afternoon...