Water Resources Development -- South Dakota

Scope and Contents This series contains audio recordings of committee meetings, seminars, conferences, and other events created by the Legislative Research Council from 1972 through 1978. Topics include appropriations, legislative procedure, state affairs, property taxes, education, water development, and medical schools. Recordings consist of 54 reels of 1/4” magnetic tape of varying qualities. They were discovered in a committee room on the fourth floor of the Capitol Building during...

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This series contains audit reports for state agencies, counties, municipalities, and water development districts from 1984-1985.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Records include: correspondence, reports, mining permits, meeting minutes, financial records, lake studies and records from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

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This series contains records related to the CENDAK, or Central South Dakota Water Supply System. Records are arranged chronologically.

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This series contains records related to the East Dakota Conservancy Subdistrict and the South Dakota Lakes Preservation Committee from 1975 to 1977.

This series contains records related to the East Dakota Conservancy Subdistrict and the South Dakota Lakes Preservation Committee from 1975 to 1977.

Scope and Contents This series contains Lake Restoration Files from 1983 to 1989. Folders contain correspondence, contracts, photographs, slides, maps, and reports. Black Hills Lake/Preliminary Study Dam Photos Forest Service Lakes Game, Fish, and Parks/Lake Contour Maps James River Cross Section and Sedimentary Survey James River...

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This series contains the official minutes for meetings of the Board of Water and Natural Resources from January 1995 through December 2005.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Records include: correspondence, reports, mining permits, meeting minutes, financial records, lake studies and records from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

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This collection contains reports associated with the Oahe Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program. Reports include environmental impact statements, as well as facility development plans and specifications.

Scope and Contents This series consists of two charts related to the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The first is a line graph illustrating the potential impacts of different irrigation and water diversion plans on water reserves based on run-off data from Yankton (collected from 1898-1944). This graph was compiled by Will G. Robinson using the data available on September 15, 1945. The second is a hand-drawn map of the upper Missouri watershed showing existing and proposed reservoirs and their capacity in...

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This series contains water development project files, including information on the CENDAK, Lake Andes-Wagner, and West River/Lyman Jones/Oglala Sioux (later Mni Wiconi) rural water systems; projects along the James River and in Gregory County; reports, surveys and mitigation plans; correspondence; and policy documents.

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This collection includes state and federal water and related land resources publications which served as the Division reference library.

The publication titles were added to the archives Government Publications database.

Examples include South Dakota Water Plan, 1978; Water and Related Land Resources in the Missouri River Basin, 1976; Missouri River Main Stem Reservoir System, 1958; and Report on Adequacy of Flows in the Missouri River, 1951

Scope and Contents This series contains 12 reference publications dealing with water management or development issues. Report from Senator George McGovern, State Water Policy Conference, 1976 (issues on water development within the state that were discussed at the Water Policy Conference) A Report on Water Quality for the State of South Dakota, 1975 (report prepared by the South Dakota Department of...

Scope and Contents This collection includes federal publications concerning water project planning and development which served as the Division reference library. The publication titles were added to the archives Government Publications database. Examples include U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Missouri River Basin Annual Report, 1946; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Summary of 1986; 1987 Missouri River Basin Runoff & Main Stem Reservoir Regulation Activities; and U.S. Dept of the Interior...

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Water and Natural Resources Records include: correspondence, reports, water subdistrict plans, Missouri River Basin Commission records, photographs, environmental protection records, water quality plans, environmental impact statements, meeting minutes, financial records, Edgemont Uranium Mine records and audio recordings from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

Scope and Contents This series contains selected plans from a number of different state agencies regarding their plans for the 1977 fiscal year. Plans were selected by the State Planning Bureau before transfer to the Archives. Agencies represented include State Department of Public Welfare, Department of Health, Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Public Instruction with topics as varied as vaccination programs, water use plans, the Northern Great Plains Resource Program and census planning. A small...

Scope and Contents This series contains reports and plans for water development within South Dakota between 1971 and 1980 with the majority records having been created in 1973 and 1977. Water Plans including information on soil, water use and population numbers. Other reports were generated by the Water Resources Management System and records from Oahe Unit Land Acquisition Hearing of 1977. There are also a number of maps depicting area temperatures, precipitation, geology and recreational use as well as a...

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This series consists of letters and memoranda from Secretary Robert E. Roberts concerning the various water projects, 1992; and the Department's strategic plan and related documents, 1990-1992.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Water and Natural Resources Records include: correspondence, reports, water subdistrict plans, Missouri River Basin Commission records, photographs, environmental protection records, water quality plans, environmental impact statements, meeting minutes, financial records, Edgemont Uranium Mine records and audio recordings from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Records include: correspondence, reports, mining permits, meeting minutes, financial records, lake studies and records from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Water and Natural Resources Records include: correspondence, reports, water subdistrict plans, Missouri River Basin Commission records, photographs, environmental protection records, water quality plans, environmental impact statements, meeting minutes, financial records, Edgemont Uranium Mine records and audio recordings from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

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This series contains the original signed copies of the rules and regulations adopted by the State Water Resources Commission from 1955 to 1965.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Records include: correspondence, reports, mining permits, meeting minutes, financial records, lake studies and records from the Board of Minerals and Environment.

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This series contains blueprints for South Dakota rural water districts, including WEB Water Development (41 pages) and the B-Y Water District (53 pages). The B-Y Water District sheets focus on Hutchinson County.

Scope and Contents This series contains the approved meeting minutes for the West Dakota Water Development District from 1985 through 2014. Minutes are saved as PDF files in the Archive’s digital records management system.South Dakota's Water Development Districts are political subdivisions for the purpose of promoting conservation, development and management of resources according to district priorities. Water Development Districts fall under the general supervisory jurisdiction of the South...