St. Mary Working Group meets, infrastructure concerns grow

The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group (SMRWG) met on Wednesday April 19 to continue the discussion about repairing the 110-year-old irrigation and municipal water system.

The good news for the SMRWG is that the former coordinator, Alan Mikkelsen, has now been appointed as Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Deputy Commissioner and is stationed in Washington, DC.

Lt. Governor, Mike Cooney lead a discussion of refocusing the SMRWG on it three goals within the Strategic Plan, which are:

• Adjust cost allocation formula. Currently irrigators are responsible for 74% of all maintenance, repairs and...