South Dakota Rural Water Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act

This Act would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of South Dakota, to provide competitive grants and low-interest loans for repairing and modernizing rural drinking-water and agricultural water systems, replacing aging pipelines and treatment equipment, reducing leakage, and developing drought-resilient supplies, including conservation, storage, and regional interconnections. Assistance would prioritize underserved communities, small water systems, and projects demonstrating local cost-sharing, affordability, and long-term operation and maintenance plans.