Large amounts of water are needed to drill oil and natural gas wells in the Tuscarawas Valley, and the Tuscarawas County Port Authority plans to provide it.

Starting Jan. 16, a stream of 5,500-gallon tanker trucks will begin flowing in and out of Oxford Street to the Reeves Mill Business Park. It also will be a revenue stream for the economic development agency, selling water for $7.50 per 1,000 gallons.

“We’re certainly pleased to cooperate with the oil and gas industry and provide this service located in about the geographic middle of the Utica shale play,” said Harry A. Eadon Jr., president and executive director of the Port Authority. “Being able to provide water for the company also should help attract more companies into Tuscarawas County.”

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