"Garrison Diversion is committed
to protecting family farms."
MUNICIPAL, RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER
Garrison Diversion has helped dozens of municipal, rural and industrial water systems deliver needed water to homes and businesses in parts of North Dakota not served by the major pipeline projects. Much more than a matter of convenience, reliable, high quality and affordable water can mean the difference between success and failure for small towns and family farms. [ read more ]
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Garrison Diversion is, in many ways, a living testament to what can be accomplished when cooperation, communication and compromise are used on complex environmental issues. Thanks in large part to the mutual efforts of numerous government agencies and environmental groups, wildlife habitat mitigation and enhancement in North Dakota is benefiting all involved. [ read more ]
RECREATION AND TOURISM
While hard work and independence have always characterized the people of North Dakota, opportunities to play have enhanced our quality of life. Garrison Diversion's efforts to to build an infrastructure to bring water to people across the state has also created the prospect of new recreational facilities associated with the water project. [ read more ]
AGRICULTURAL BENEFITS
Garrison Diversion is committed to protecting family farms, the communities that come together around them and the people who have come to depend on agriculture for the opportunity to live and work in North Dakota. Those of us who call the Great Plains home have seen too many homes whither and disappear to ignore the simplest solution in the battle to keep such disasters from ever happening again: reliable, high quality and affordable water for the benefit of North Dakota. [ read more ]
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (GDCD) completes the operation and maintenance (O&M) on the Garrison Diversion Unit (GDU) existing facilities under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. These facilities consist of the McClusky Canal, New Rockford Canal and Oakes Test Area . Garrison Diversion also assists with O&M of the Snake Creek Pumping Plant and other constructed GDU facilities operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Fish and Wildlife Service. [ read more ]