The Red River Joint Water Resource District is a joint board under North Dakota law comprised of 14 individual Water Resource Districts in the Red River Basin. The Red River Joint Water Resource District provides for a coordinated and cooperative approach to water management and provides critical funding to member districts for the purpose of developing and financing water retention projects.
Special Projects, News, and Information
Fargo-Moorhead Flood Control Feasibility Study (Corps of Engineers)
Fargo, Moorhead, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are joining together to study possible solutions to reduce flood risk in the entire metropolitan and surrounding area. The study will consider potential alternatives, including non-structural flood proofing, diversion channels, levee/floodwall systems, and flood storage.
Fargo, Moorhead, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are joining together to study possible solutions to reduce flood risk in the entire metropolitan and surrounding area. The study will consider potential alternatives, including non-structural flood proofing, diversion channels, levee/floodwall systems, and flood storage.
Long Term Flood Solutions (Red River Basin Commission)
The 2009 Minnesota and North Dakota state legislatures each appropriated $500,000 for the Red River Basin Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to address flood solutions in the Red River basin. That effort is now referred to as the Long Term Flood Solutions Project.
The overall purpose of this effort is to develop flood damage reduction strategies, and long term flood solutions in the Red River basin.
The 2009 Minnesota and North Dakota state legislatures each appropriated $500,000 for the Red River Basin Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to address flood solutions in the Red River basin. That effort is now referred to as the Long Term Flood Solutions Project.
The overall purpose of this effort is to develop flood damage reduction strategies, and long term flood solutions in the Red River basin.
Red River Basin Mapping Initiative (International Water Institute)
The International Water Institute has been managing this mapping initiative "to develop and publicly deliver a seamless and highly accurate digital elevation map of the entire Red River Basin." The tool used in this process is called Light Detection and Ranging, or LIDAR, which involves an integration of airborne laser and GPS technology. LIDAR measurements allow precise calculation of land surface elevation, within a few inches.
The International Water Institute has been managing this mapping initiative "to develop and publicly deliver a seamless and highly accurate digital elevation map of the entire Red River Basin." The tool used in this process is called Light Detection and Ranging, or LIDAR, which involves an integration of airborne laser and GPS technology. LIDAR measurements allow precise calculation of land surface elevation, within a few inches.
Maple River Dam
This major water retention project was completed through a decades-long cooperative effort, which included the Cass County Joint Water Resource District, the RRJWRD, and several state agencies.
Construction on Maple River Dam began in the fall of 2004, and it was deemed operational only two years later in the fall of 2006. All elements of construction were completed during the summer of 2007.
Maple River Dam is located in southeast North Dakota, approximately eight miles northeast of Enderlin. It is a 70-foot high earthen embankment dry dam that is capable of retaining 60,000 acre-feet of floodwater.
This major water retention project was completed through a decades-long cooperative effort, which included the Cass County Joint Water Resource District, the RRJWRD, and several state agencies.
Construction on Maple River Dam began in the fall of 2004, and it was deemed operational only two years later in the fall of 2006. All elements of construction were completed during the summer of 2007.
Maple River Dam is located in southeast North Dakota, approximately eight miles northeast of Enderlin. It is a 70-foot high earthen embankment dry dam that is capable of retaining 60,000 acre-feet of floodwater.
Red River Joint Water Resource District
P.O. Box 10
Hillsboro, ND 58045
P.O. Box 10
Hillsboro, ND 58045
