City urged to consider joining water project

The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce wants the city of Havre to consider joining the Rocky Boy/North Central Montana Regional Water System.

"I think it's something the City Council needs to address," said Chuck Wimmer, president of the chamber. "We have to take a really close look at this and do it in a very short order."

Wimmer and other chamber board members met Friday with Annmarie Robinson, deputy director of Bear Paw Development Corp., to talk about joining the proposed regional water system. The system, which has been authorized but not yet funded by the U.S. Congress, will provide treated...