On this month’s Wonderful Water, Ruth Rouse of OWASA joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to talk about the agency’s Long-Range Water Supply Plan. She shares the latest updates that could be made to preserve drinking water for all OWASA customers decades into the future, as well as why current customers should continue being conscious of their water use.

 

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