Public meetings set on water project

Plans for a regional water system in north-central Montana are taking another step forward this week with public meetings slated for Conrad, Chester and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

Rick Duncan of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said the meetings, running from tonight through Wednesday, have a dual purpose. One is to update what has been done in planning the Rocky Boy/Northcentral Montana Regional Water System. The primary objective, Duncan said, is to start collecting public comments about environmental impacts.

"We're hoping this will help in identifying probl...