By: JANICE McINTYRE

El Dorado News-Times

Federal funding cuts, resulting in decreased operational hours of locks and dams and dredging along the Ouachita River, could affect not only business, industry and the economy along the river, but also water needed by a number of cities from Hot Springs to Monroe, La.

Former El Dorado Mayor Mike Dumas, who now serves as president of the Ouachita River Valley Association; Union County Judge Mike Loftin; Sherrel Johnson, a member of the Union County Water Conservation Board and grants manager; and Clark Langley of Cro...