Shawnee, tribe clash over water deal

•The water will be piped in from the tribe's South Pottawatomie County Rural Water District No. 3 in Wanette.

•Property owners in the annexed area would not be required to hook onto the system, said Richard Kunze, representative for the tribe's water district. He said the tap and membership fee would cost $900, and property owners would pay to run lines from their homes to the main water line.

•The waterline that will run from southern Pottawatomie County to the Dale area could potentially benefit others along the way. As many as 400 households in the Stafford Estates addition just outside the western edge of Shawnee and other neighboring additions also could potentially connect to the tribal water system.