Meeting Water Supply Needs in Central North Dakota and the Red River Valley Tour
Learn how the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District is working to secure a stronger future by providing a reliable, high quality, and affordable water supply to benefit North Dakotans. Visit Cows & Co. Creamery, a family dairy where gelato, cheese, yogurt, and milk is made fresh from farm ingredients. Tour Dakota Growers Pasta Company, the third largest pasta manufacturer in North America, where wheat from North Dakota’s farmers is transformed into premium quality dry pasta products in more than 150 shapes. Learn about a local collaborative water management project, Kittleson Crossing. This tour begins and ends in Carrington.
The public is invited to attend the tour, which costs $40 per person, and includes transportation, informational materials, meals, refreshments and a one-year digital subscription to the North Dakota Water magazine.
Registration is required for this tour. For questions or to register, contact Julie Ellingson or call 701-223-8332. An agenda will be posted when it is available.
The North Dakota Water Education Foundation would like to thank this year’s tour sponsors. Their support is key to the success of the entire tour program.
2026 Water Tour Sponsors:
*Bartlett & West
*AE2S
*Apex Engineering Group, Inc.
*Cavendish Farms
*Chevron Corporation
*Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board
*Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
*Houston Engineering, Inc.
*Moore Engineering, Inc.
*N.D. Department of Water Resources
*N.D. Natural Resources Trust
*N.D. Water Resource Districts Association
*Southwest Water Authority
*Western Area Water Supply Authority
*N.D. Game & Fish Department
*Ackerman-Estvold
*Basin Electric Power Cooperative
*HDR
*BARR Engineering Co.
*Image Printing, Inc.
*Minnesota Valley Irrigation-Bismarck
*N.D. Rural Water Systems Association