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With mining, remember: The people who may need the water in 50 years won’t be at the hearing

States Newsroom · October 31, 2026

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Rapid City residents have packed public meetings debating data centers’ enormous electricity demands and potentially significant water consumption. Meanwhile, the proposed Dewey–Burdock uranium mine in the southwestern Black Hills is seeking permission to use groundwater to deliberately change its chemistry…

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