Federal grant programs / Department of the Interior

Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (15.522)

Also known as Mni Wiconi Project

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$29.7 million
• Grant awards1
• Typical award$29.7 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,188 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants (cooperative agreements or contracts)

Key findings

• It is the 1188th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 1 states and territories.

What the program funds

To ensure a safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for the residents of the Pine Ridge Indian, Rosebud Indian, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations in South Dakota; to assist the citizens of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota, to develop safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies; to promote the implementation of water conservation programs at these locations; to provide certain benefits to fish, wildlife, and the natural environment of South Dakota; and in consultation with the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes, to conduct feasibility studies on the need to develop water disposal facilities and systems and rehabilitate existing waste water disposal facilities and systems on the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

West River/Lyman-Jones Water Systems; the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes; and non-Federal entity or entities. Section 3(b) of Public Law 100-516 states “the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, shall enter into agreements with the appropriate non-Federal entity or entities for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining and replacing the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System.”

What the money can and cannot pay for

Agreements are limited to planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and replacing the Oglala Sioux, the Rosebud, and the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water Supply Systems; and for planning and construction of the West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water System. At the present time, no new project awards are being made under this authority. Funding is only available for continuation of existing agreements.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. The Federal share of tribal projects is 100 percent. The Federal share of the West River/Lyman Jones projects is 80 percent. (Public Law 103-434, Section 805).MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range: $36,000 to $68,000,000 Average: $30,000,000

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: Operation and Maintenance Programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Lower Brule TribeFiscal Year2026: Operation and Maintenance Programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Lower Brule TribeFiscal Year2027: Operation and Maintenance Programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Lower Brule Tribe

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.