Texarkana Water Utilities

Texarkana, Ark., City Manager Kenny Haskin and Texarkana, Texas City Manager John Whitson appointed J.D. Phillips as the permanent director of Texarkana Water Utilities today, Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016.

The dispute between the City of Texarkana, Texas and the Forest Point Apartments continues tonight at the city council meeting.

At least two area residents and businesses have received telephone calls in the last week from individuals purporting to work for the Texarkana Water Utilities (TWU).

The Texarkana, Ark., City Board of Directors meet tonight at City Hall and is expected to vote on an ordinance authorizing the Texarkana Water Utilities to raise water rates 10 percent for all customer classifications. The rate increase would pay for the acquisition of additional Millwood Lake water rights from the Southwest Arkansas Water District.

Texarkana Water Utilities will have a new leader come October, but he will be very familiar to those who work there.

The Cities of Texarkana, Ark., and Texarkana, Texas will be looking for a new leader at the Water Utilities Department because the long-serving executive director has announced he is resigning.

Texarkana residents were asked to cut back on non essential water use on Labor Day due to a leak.

Several suspects are behind bars after a theft concerning materials from Texarkana Water Utilities.