Project was years in the making

A regional water system some Havre residents want to look at joining is the result of years of negotiation over Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation's water rights, and work in the Montana Legislature and the U.S. Congress.

The Rocky Boy-North Central Montana Regional Water System was created after Rocky Boy negotiated its water compact with the state and federal government. The system is designed to provide rural, municipal and industrial water to 18,000 people who live on the reservation and in he areas that have joined the regional water authority outside the reservation. It is designed to provid...