The news can’t come as a complete surprise to Broken Arrow officials, like Engineering Director Kenny Schwab. He emphasized the importance of the Pryor pipeline to StateImpact in November, and said having the water treated and piped in couldn’t be a permanent situation.
How important are the Oklahoma Water Resources Board’s financing programs for local water projects across the state? Since 1985, close to $3 billion in low-interest loans have been secured for projects ranging from $80,000 for a water tower in rural Custer County, to $65 million for a new water treatment plant in Broken Arrow. For [...]
Building new water systems is expensive, so Oklahoma has a program to help communities pay for these projects. Here’s how it works: Cities and towns apply for a low-interest loan through the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The state has a better credit rating than most cities do. So going through the state gets them a [...]
High-tech manufacturing companies in Broken Arrow are in desperate need of some skilled workers. The city has about 300 manufacturers — the third highest concentration in the state — and companies like Baker Hughes, Hill Manufacturing and NOV Enerflow are hiring, the Tulsa World‘s Zack Stoycoff reports: “They can’t grow our economy as fast as [...]
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