Mountain View Mayor Roger Gardner says it’s taking a big effort from employees to keep water flowing to customers when the electricity is off.
Gardner told White River Now’s Gary Bridgman on Thursday the pumps have to keep going to get the water from the river to the water plant, and it gets down to manual labor.
Gardner visited with Bridgman about the subject as Stone County was one of seven north central Arkansas counties suffering power outages during the recent storm. Over 7,300 customers had been without power. (Click here for more information about power restoration efforts throughout the region.)
The mayor noted that most customers within the city have had their electricity restored, but there are still many in the county without.
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