Quigley has been pushing to renew previous efforts to build a rural water system in the county and has expanded those efforts to include Louisa County cities. He has also added improved internet and other technology services as part of the infrastructure enhancement project.
Jim Rudisill
for The Hawk Eye
WAPELLO A drive to enhance rural and community water systems and internet service in Louisa County is continuing to gather steam, county supervisor Brad Quigley indicated Tuesday to the rest of the Louisa County supervisors during the board’s regular meeting.
During the supervisors’ individual reports on meetings they had attended the previous week, Quigley said he and other area economic development officials met with representatives of Muscatine Power and Water and Louisa Communications to discuss expanding or enhancing their services in Louisa County.
Two years ago, Quigley raised the idea of reviving earlier efforts to extend rural water into Louisa County. Those earlier efforts had taken place about 15 years ago, but the discussions were dropped after a preliminary survey was taken and too few rural residents registered to move any expansion forward.