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West Central Regional Water District outlines plan for three-county potable water system; April 17 court hearing set
Summary
Presenters from West Central Regional Water District told Crookston officials the district aims to pool supplies across three counties, pursue state funding and pipeline buildout, and hold a final court hearing April 17; presenters warned DNR well‑field concerns and highlighted arsenic-sample findings in Norman County.
Representatives of the West Central Regional Water District presented a multi-county plan to Crookston officials that would deliver potable water via pipeline to small towns, rural residents and municipalities across three counties.
Lucas Spade, who said he is superintendent of utilities for the City of Halsted and a West Central board director, described the district as a three-county effort intended to leverage existing treatment capacity rather than immediately build a new plant. “This water district does not intend to build a water plant at this point,” he said, explaining the model of purchasing water from existing…
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