The Current is a quarterly Department of Water Resources newsletter that provides the latest agency-specific information concerning water development, regulatory and appropriation efforts, water education, policy changes, Water Commission meeting highlights, and much more. We hope you find the content interesting, useful, and insightful.
The Current - August
Join Our Team! - Career Opportunities
The DWR has a variety of exciting job openings. Please review the job links below and consider submitting an application!
Water & Construction Permit Application Status Page
DWR has launched a Water Permit and Construction Permit Status webpage. The purpose of this new tool is to 1) allow water permit applicants to look up the permits for which they’ve applied, and to see where those permits are in relation to priority with other permits, and 2) for construction permit applicants to quickly find their permit application, view its status, and review other associated information. The application status webpage was created for greater public transparency to the DWR water appropriation and construction permitting processes.
To access the permit status page, click here .
Know Your Aquifer
The goal of the “Know Your Aquifer” project is to help North Dakotans better understand concepts related to aquifers, groundwater resources, and their management and use.
As part of this effort, DWR will produce different educational materials once per month for six months. And, all of this information can be received via email! Emails will begin in January - to include fact sheets, graphics, photos, and videos.
Click here to sign up for Know Your Aquifer informational emails .
2024/2025 Water Commission Meetings
In order to access the bookmark function for the agendas, please view this document via a Firefox browser or download it and view in Adobe Acrobat.
December 13, 2024 / 9:00 a.m. to Noon
(Completed Applications Due October 29, 2024)
Bank of ND / Lewis and Clark Rm #238
February 13, 2025 / 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT)
April 10, 2025 / 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT)
June 12, 2025 / 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT)
August 14, 2025 / 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT)
October 9, 2025 / 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT)
December 12, 2025 / 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CT)
Reminder – Only complete applications received at least 45 days before a Water Commission meeting will be considered at that meeting. All other applications will be held for consideration at a future meeting unless specifically exempted by the Director.
For information, please contact Shana Brost at (701) 328-4940 or by e-mail .
2024/2025 Pre-Commission Meetings
Meetings will be held via Teams and are scheduled from 1:00 p.m. (CT). Commissioners are welcome to join DWR staff in person if they would like at BND in the Lewis and Clark Rm #238.
January 23, 2025
March 20, 2025
May 22, 2025
July 24, 2025
September 18, 2025
November 20, 2025
For information, please contact Shana Brost at (701) 328-4940 or by e-mail .
Atmospheric Resource Board Meetings
April 24, 2025 / 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (CDT) / Public Notice
Online via Microsoft Teams
November 13, 2025 / 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (CST) / Public Notice
Lewis & Clark Room and online via Microsoft Teams, 1200 Memorial Highway, Bismarck, ND
The ND Public Meeting Notices web application is utilized for posting the ARB meeting schedule. Once in the meeting system, under the dialog box Public Entity, click on "Atmospheric Resource Board, ND". You can get all meeting notices via email if you click the link "Subscribe to Email Notifications" and complete the subsequent form.
For information, please contact ARB at (701) 328-2788 or by e-mail .