Tad Bohannon

Arkansas expanding low-income water bill assistance program

KUAR | By Daniel Breen

The State of Arkansas is expanding a program to help low-income residents pay their water bills.

The $10 million expansion of the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program, or LIHWAP, is now available to water customers across the region.

In a news conference Thursday, Central Arkansas Water CEO Tad Bohannon said eligible households could get a year’s worth of water bills paid by the state.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-03-16/arkansas-expanding-low-income-water-bill-assistance-program

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Tad Bohannon, CEO of Central Arkansas Water, speaks in a news conference at the utility's downtown Little Rock headquarters on Thursday, March 16, 2023.