2025 Secretary's Award

DANR Recognizes West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water with a Secretary’s Award for Drinking Water Excellence

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced that the West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water System and the system’s certified operators have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award. 

The award is for outstanding water system operations and environmental compliance with state drinking water standards for the past year.

“Safe and dependable drinking water plays an important role in protecting public health and supporting economic growth.” said DANR Secretary Hunter Roberts. “This recognition highlights the hard work of our drinking water professionals across South Dakota who keep these systems running every day.”

This award honors public water systems and their operators that met all state drinking water standards, monitoring, reporting, and certification requirements in 2025.