Work planned to begin in December on regional water treatment plant

A project that will supply water to Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and people off the reservation in seven counties in north-central Montana is taking a major step forward.

The Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee awarded Sletten Construction a $35.8 million contract to build the plant at Tiber Dam south of Chester that will treat water for the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System.

“This is a pretty impressive project,” Sletten Construction Project Manager Kyle Blunn said. “It’s not very often that you build a ground up water plant, let alone one that’s going to supply wa...