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Residents and commissioners press questions about Polk Regional Water Cooperative costs and timing
Summary
Public commenters asked whether work on the Polk Regional Water Cooperative’s Southeast well field off Walking Water Road is behind schedule and whether cost overruns will raise water bills; Commissioner Kevin Thompson and other commissioners summarized uncertainties about treatment costs, funding and Lake Wales’s participation.
Public commenters and commissioners at the City of Lake Wales commission meeting on Oct. 10 pressed for clearer information about the Polk Regional Water Cooperative (PRWC) water project, including whether construction is behind schedule and how much the new Lower Floridan source will cost to treat and deliver.
Janine Montgomery, a resident who addressed Commissioner Kevin Thompson during the public-comments portion, asked whether the project “is truly behind in the construction? And if so, for how long?” She also asked whether citizens might face bills “1 to 5 times higher” as the project’s schedule extends toward 2028 or 2032.
The commission’s representative, Commissioner Kevin Thompson, responded at length during commission…
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