The Lake Agassiz Water Authority unanimously approved a resolution directing staff to pursue due diligence on a proposal to transfer project ownership and operations to the State Water Commission (Option 3), citing the state's 75% cost share and the project's statewide scale.

Department of Water Resources Director Reese Haas told LAWA members that a 14-year projection shows a roughly $1.3 billion gap between projected revenues and core Red River Valley water needs, and that the agency will recommend changes to the current cost-share policy when it presents draft studies in March.