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Funds will allow work to the end of the year, still waiting on funding through FBIC Water Rights Settlement
Water gushes June 17 from a breach in a siphon on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works near Babb. Work has started on the repairs, although it is not expected to be completed until late next summer. More funding for repairs to last through the end of the year was announced last week.
Sen. Jon Tester announced last Thursday that he had secured another $2 million to repair the catastrophic failure of two siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that shut down the water being diverted to the Milk River.
"It is critically important for irrigators who rely on the Milk River Project that we get water flowing as soon as possible," said Tester. "I'm glad to see that significant progress is already being made, but we've got to keep this project fully funded and moving. Montana's farmers and ranchers can't afford any delays, which is why I'm proud to have secured addit...
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