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Board presses utilities staff on outside customers after Arcoma, South Sebastian users contest rates
Summary
Board members discussed wholesale and outside customer wastewater and water billing after Arcoma’s discounted wholesale sewer rate and South Sebastian/James Fork customers’ complaints about a 50% surcharge.
The Fort Smith Board of Directors discussed water and wastewater service arrangements for customers outside the city, focusing on a town identified in the packet as Arcoma and on former South Sebastian County (James Fork) customers who were switched to Fort Smith billing.
Utilities Director Lance McEvoy reviewed the technical and billing background for Arcoma, saying the town’s wastewater discharge is metered at a manhole and that Arcoma pays for its own local collection system. “That wastewater discharge does go through the Mill Creek Pump station and thus could impact the use of the EQ Basin there,” McEvoy said. He told the board Arcoma’s wholesale sewer bill had been $2.69 per CCF while Fort Smith citizens pay…
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