State of emergency in Clancy?

At the January meeting of the Jefferson County Health Board, County Commissioner Leonard Wortman brought up the possibility of declaring a “state of emergency” concerning ongoing water quality issues in Clancy — signaling frustration with the lack of movement toward alleviating the problem, one being a community-wide water system. 

In doing so, the county could reach out to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), said Wortman.

“They could require Clancy to do something,” said Wortman who said he believed the Clancy Water and Sewer District was taking too long to act on information that they have had for years.