Havre City Council applies for grant to pay its share on St. Mary Diversion repairs

Havre City Council board members welcomed in the New Year with a short meeting addressing resolutions and drawdowns, and approving applying for a grant to pay for its share of the cost of repairing the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works.

A pair of siphons in the 29-mile conveyance works that transfers water diverted from the St. Mary River into the North Fork of the Milk River failed in June, leading to a scramble to replace the siphons and another pair of siphons in the system.

The water is diverted by a dam near Glacier National Park and runs through the conveyance works, primarily acro...