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Carthage council hears presentation on Stockton Lake reallocation; first reading seeks mayoral authority to join regional water commission
Summary
Carthage Water & Electric and the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission presented a multi‑decade plan to secure reallocated drinking water from Stockton Lake. Council gave a first reading to an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter a subagreement; no final approval was taken.
Carthage city officials on Tuesday heard a detailed presentation on a regional plan to secure reallocated drinking water from Stockton Lake and gave a first reading to an ordinance that would authorize the mayor to sign a subagreement with the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission.
The presentation by Chuck Bryant, general manager of Carthage Water & Electric, and Rodney Roberts, chief executive of the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission, described a multidecade effort to obtain and deliver additional water supplies for southwest Missouri. Council members were asked to authorize the mayor to sign a pass‑through contract with the commission if and when the commission presents a final agreement.
The commission and its member utilities sought a reallocation of storage at Stockton Lake from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Roberts said the coalition has worked for…
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