CLW eyes rate, customer surcharge hikes for electric
Columbus Light and Water will look to its electric customers to raise $1.4 million in new revenue next fiscal year.
CLW power rates to rise this fall
Power rates are going up in October for Columbus Light and Water customers.
Exactly how much is still up in the air.
CL&W hopeful for water finances turnaround
Columbus Light & Water general manager Todd Gale is hopeful the water department is leaving hard times behind.
Island substation named after retiring Harris
Ask anybody who has ever worked with Charlie “C.F.” Harris what they think about him and they’ll tell you two things: He’s a straight shooter, and he’s a pleasure to work with.
Columbus L&W eyes new 5-year plan
The Columbus Light and Water Board of Directors tabled a proposed five-year work plan for water and sanitary sewer improvements Thursday.
Recently approved meter has mixed results in other towns
Earlier this month, Columbus Light and Water entered into a $3.52 million contract with Utility Metering Solutions for that company to install 11,126 water meters throughout the city.
CL&W goes forward with meter contractor
Installation of a new, $3.5 million water meter system will soon begin.
Columbus Light and Water’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract with Utility Management Solutions to install the new mobile system.
CL&W OKs lockbox for bill payments
Columbus Light and Water board members approved a lockbox service agreement with Trustmark Bank to process mailed and night deposit electric bill payments.
New vacuum truck will supplement drainage work
By day, Jimmie Nance is typically busy shifting gears on an excavator, demolishing dilapidated houses.
On Thursday in the Northaven Woods community, Nance was lowering the boom and opening the thumb and bucket on the large apparatus to uproot a small, stubborn tree.
Eutaw-McShan aquifer means good water for Columbus
Mitchell Brown makes sure Columbus residents have clean water to drink.
He does this by overseeing the city’s two water treatment and distribution plants and the equipment that processes raw water from 1,000 feet underground into something fit for consumption.
Waterworks: Lagoons are Columbus’ ace in the hole
The Reynolds R. Ridgley Wastewater Treatment Plant in Columbus has the capacity to treat 10 million gallons of wastewater a day. It typically sees 6-8 million gallons on a daily basis.
Consecutive heavy rains sustained early this summer might have presented a challenge for the plant if there weren’t two massive storm lagoons totaling 80 acres just outside the entrance gate.
Purchase of sludge land moves forward
A local developer agreed Friday to sell 118 acres of sludge disposal land south of the city to Columbus Light and Water for almost $1 million.
TVA says fuel costs down, though local electricity rates expected to increase
Monthly fuel costs this month are down 5 percent from October, saving customers between $3.50 and $7 on their bills, according to the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Local electric bills on the rise
Local electric bills are expected to swell by as much as 10 percent over the next year, officials said, as the Tennessee Valley Authority expects raises its fuel cost adjustments.