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The Arkansas Water Provider Legislative Task Force has scheduled a meeting for October 10th in Room 151 of the State Capitol.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. and is an all-day meeting with a break for lunch.
Members will continue the drafting process of the final report as required by the legislation establishing the Task Force. The report is to be completed by January 1, 2019.
The draft report’s Executive Summary currently includes:
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Vision Statement
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Summary of Identified Problems
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Summary of Desired Outcomes, Recommendations, Actions
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Support Discussion of current problems, desired outcomes, recommendations, and needed actions
A copy of the draft report can be found here.
The Task Force was created by Act 1056 during the 89th Arkansas General Assembly. The legislation declared a number of findings regarding the water utilities provision of water to state residents. Issues associated with areas served, ability to operate monopolies, importance of water supplies to economic development, requirements to supply out-of-area customers, and other matters were addressed.
The meeting agenda can be found here.