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Hearing For Polygamist Group’s Water Request Delayed Again

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PRINGLE, S.D. (AP) — A hearing to address concerns over a religious group’s request to double the amount of water it can use at its remote Black Hills compound will not happen next month.

The state Water Management Board was expected to discuss the request from the United Order of South Dakota at its May meeting. Kim Smith with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources says the group is still seeking legal representation.

Seth Jeffs, the brother of imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, says the group needs to draw more water from the Madison aquifer for its orchards, gardens and animals.

Several area landowners and two federal agencies are petitioning the state to deny or alter the group’s request.

The Rapid City Journal reports the hearing is postponed until at least July.

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