(AP) – The Delta Regional Authority says it supplied $37,000
to Cotton Plant to restart the community’s water system.
Repairs completed on Monday restored electrical power to the system, which was
damaged by a fire last month.
Since the Jan. 9 blaze, only parts of the water system have been working with
temporary help from a generator. Money supplied by the Delta Regional Authority
was used to pay for the replacement of older equipment and the installation of
new wiring.
Mayor Willard Ryland thanked the Arkansas Rural Water Association for use of
the generator until the system could be updated for the town of 631 people.
The DRA is a federal-state partnership set up by Congress to aid economic
development in 252 counties and parishes in the Mississippi River Valley.
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