Parks Water Dept. nearing its limit
At the first meeting of the Village of Parks council held in the new city hall building, Mayor Kevin Kately and the council mostly focused on the Village’s all-important water system.
In a community with a population under 1,000, the water system is one of the largest in the parish, serving 4,200 customers with about 180 miles of lines. Village operations are essentially supported by water system revenues but the unavoidable fact is that most of the system’s infrastructure is approaching 60 years of age.
At Kately’s invitation,