by Brett French
Missouri River water began flowing north to the town of Plentywood on Wednesday as the Fort Peck-Dry Prairie Regional Water System’s extension to the town was turned on. “That’s the biggest town for Dry Prairie to bring online,” said Joni Sherman, manager of the system. Plentywood has a population of just less than 2,000.
“We had pretty good well water, but this gives us more of a guarantee of good, treated water into the future,” said Don Jensen, Plentywood mayor.
It was such a big deal that Sherman closed the office for the day to make a trip to Plentywood to mark the occasion. Read the rest of the story HERE.
