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Committee approves wastewater bill requiring five‑year rate studies and fiscal reserve rules
Summary
House bill 1701, presented as the wastewater counterpart to an earlier water utilities law, was amended and passed by the committee; it requires wastewater providers to perform a rate analysis every five years and to build reserves for system failures.
The committee passed House Bill 1701, a measure described by the sponsor as the wastewater counterpart to an earlier Water Act that requires periodic rate studies and reserve practices.
Senator K. Gary Stubblefield presented HB1701 and introduced Heath Ward, executive director of Springdale Water Utilities and legislative chair for the Arkansas Water and Wastewater…
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