NEWS
Pick up your containers for water well testing
There is still time to pick up your containers to take part in the water well testing program this month in Montague County.
The “Well Informed” Texas Well Owner Network program gives well owners the opportunity to have their well water samples screened for common contaminants including: Fecal coliform, E. coli bacteria, nitrates and high salinity. It is recommended owners of water wells have the quality of their water tested annually.
Containers are available at the county extension agent’s office in the courthouse at Montague and must be picked up before Sept. 26. Call ahead at 894-2831 to reserve a container.
Well owners will drop off the containers from 8:30 – 10 a.m. only on the morning of Sept. 26 at the Montague County Annex Community Room.
County Agent Justin Hansard said the results and interpretation of screening the water samples is followed by a one-hour explanation of well results at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the community room.
For more information call or email the agent’s office at 940-894-2831 or email j-hansard@tamu.edu.
Atmos Energy has E. Montague St. closed between Mason St. & Lindsey St. for gas line repair.
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A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
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