Tulsa blooms with wildflowers to tackle water quality issues

TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — While driving around Tulsa, you may notice fields of wildflowers popping up. Those flowers are part of a bigger plan to help with the city's water quality.NewsChannel 8 has told you for months about water quality issues with the Arkansas River and bodies of water that feed into the river having... Read More.

WATER EMERGENCY UPDATE – AFTERNOON BRIEFING

Tonkawa reports their water system held nominal levels overnight and throughout this morning. Water officials continue to monitor the system, and are seeing stable usage and demand levels. Even with this morning’s moderate usage, there has been no negative impact on our system’s ability to maintain water levels and pressure.NORMAL WATER USE IS NOW PERMITTEDWith... Read More.
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WATER EMERGENCY UPDATE – CITY OF TONKAWA

The City of Tonkawa remains under a Civil Emergency due to severe water supply and pressure issues. Since Friday, February 21, 2025, our water system has been critically strained due to record-breaking freezing temperatures, line breaks, and equipment failures. Despite extensive repairs and strategic conservation efforts, our system was unable to stabilize.To protect our... Read More.

OSU Student Union Suffers Major Water Damage After Pipe Failure

STILLWATER, Okla. -A substantial pipe failure caused significant water damage to about half of the Student Union, leading to the closures of multiple offices and facilities on Sunday.Areas Affected The following sections of the Student Union have been impacted:Basement: The west end is closed to the public, affecting Union Building Operations, University... Read More.
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Crews Battling Water Main Breaks In Ark City

Crews are working to fix a water main breaks in Ark City.According to Ark City Mayor Kanyon Gingher, a break at Kansas Avenue near 8th Street was first suspected at 2:30 a.m. and crews have been working to locate and fix the 14-inch main. Another main break was discovered Thursday afternoon at 3rd and... Read More.
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Blackwell City Council approves first readings of proposed rate increases for water, sewer, waste, and electrica

The Blackwell Journal-Tribune reports that the Blackwell City Council approved the first readings of proposed rate increases for water, sewer, waste, and electrical.This does NOT mean that the increases have been approved, as they will need to be read a second time and voted on again.These proposed increases are as follows:Sewer- 40% increaseWaste- 4%... Read More.

PCUA Trustees vote to approve construction for Water Treatment Plant Clearwell Rehabilitation Project

Under Ponca City Utility Authority’s New Business, the PCUA Trustees voted to approve a construction contract with Luckinbill Construction, LLC of Edmond Oklahoma, for the Water Treatment Plant Clearwell Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $399,388.00.   The two clearwells are a major component at the Water Treatment Plant. They are concrete structures that contain treated... Read More.