Office of the Tribal Water Engineer
Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Tribes
The Wind River Irrigation Rehab Project began in 2007 to address the deferred maintenance needs of the project.
The Wind River Water Resource Control Board and the Office of the Tribal Water Engineer appreciates this opportunity to give an up-date on water related issues on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Wind River Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
The Wind River Water Resource Control Board and the Office of the Tribal Water Engineer, on behalf of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes received funding from the State of Wyoming thru the Wyoming Water Development Commission as follows:
During Phase I the following rehabilitation project structures were completed:
Total cost of the rehabilitation of these structures: $7,713,694
It should be noted that the rehabilitation project has provided an economic boost to Fremont County, the State of Wyoming and the Wind River Indian Reservation to the order of $10,033,885. State and local contractors and sub-contractors have been utilized primarily during the construction projects. These contractors include:
Phase I and Phase II of the Irrigation Rehab Project have barely scratched the surface of the overall needs of the Wind River Irrigation Project. The deferred maintenance of the Wind River Irrigation Project has been estimated to be in the $90M range.
Phase III of the Wind River Irrigation Rehabilitation Project is current in the design and bid phase for:
It is hoped that these projects will go to construction during the fall and winter of 2019-20.