Highlights in Fiscal Year 2002
The Great Plains Region's Native American Affairs Program works directly with Tribes and partners to help address many sever water quantity and quality problems on Reservations within the region. Working directly with Tribes has prove to be an effective way to provide technical asistance to rural Indian communities in the Great Plains Region.
Great Plains Region Technical Assistance Projects Completed in Fiscal Year 2002:
1. Kickapoo Nation in Kansas, Evaluation of Wastewater Lagoons. The Bureau of Reclamation evaluated the wastewater treatment lagoons on Kickapoo reservation in northeastern Kansas. Current operations and expansion of wastewater treatment capacity were evaluated. Reclamation provided appraisal level designs and costs estimates.
2. Big Elm Creek Aquifer Test Analysis, Prairie Band of the Potawatomi Nation. Reclamation analyzed the results of an aquifer test and evaluated the potential of the aquifer for development of a water supply well field.
3. Garvin Basin Elk Study. Reclamation’s Great Plains Region partnered with the Crow Tribe, Little Bighorn Tribal College, the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Crow Tribe Fish and Wildlife Department, and several other state and private organizations in Montana and Wyoming to monitor Elk populations in the Bighorn Mountains of the Crow Reservation. The study examined the migratory and seasonal habits, and calving areas associated with the Garvin Basin elk herd. Students at the Little Bighorn Tribal College the Crow Tribe Fish and Game Department gained valuable training and work experience.
4. Needs Assessment of Water and Wastewater System for the Omaha
Indian Reservation, Nebraska. Reclamation studied the Reservation’s
water sources, water supply system, and wastewater treatment capabilities
in the context of current and future water demands.
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