Sioux Falls, SD - Mike Kurle, the former manager of the West River/Lyman Jones Rural Water System, praised U.S. Senator Tim Johnson for his work to make the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Project a reality in a new TV ad released by the Johnson campaign.
The Mni Wiconi Rural Water Project is the world's largest rural water pipeline, and will eventually supply water to the Lower Brule, Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, as well as the West River/Lyman Jones Rural Water System, which serves residents in nine counties outside the reservations. Prior to Mni Wiconi, many South Dakotans in these communities had to haul their own water, which was problematic both for the huge cost to do so and for the fact that often South Dakotans were hauling water that was contaminated with water borne diseases.
In the ad, Kurle describes the struggle that these communities have gone through to get funding for rural water systems: "It doesn't matter whether it's the Bush Administration or the Clinton Administration, funds for these projects are continually cut."
Kurle credits Senator Johnson for fighting against these challenges and making sure that South Dakota's water projects had the money they needed, saying that "Senator Johnson has been able to restore these funds."
"I would like to thank Tim Johnson for all he has done to bring quality water to western South Dakota," Kurle says at the end of the ad.
The ad can be viewed later today at www.timjohnson.com.
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