Greer CPW

Greer CPW Drinking Water Report Info
OUR MISSION Our central goal is to serve our community by giving protected, high caliber, and solid water, gaseous petrol, electric and wastewater services in a naturally and monetarily capable way reliable with sound business principles. Our skilled staff and devoted Board of Commissioners work every day to give excellent services to the individuals of Greer and encompassing territories. Lead by our vision to be the main supplier of vitality, water, and related services in the Southeast, we are focused on improving the personal satisfaction for our clients and community. HISTORY AND OPERATIONS The Greer Commission of Public Works (CPW) was graphed in 1913 after a citywide political decision supporting its development. In 1914, CPW started giving electric, wastewater, and water services to the City of Greer. Gaseous petrol administration started in 1957, and that utility is CPW's biggest client base. Today, we serve inhabitants and business with our four utilities in Greer and close by networks. ELECTRIC SERVICE CPW produced its own power until 1927. During the 1930s, CPW started obtaining power from the Southern Utility Company. During the 1970s, The Commission joined the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency - a ten part activity office that claims a 25% stake in Generator II at the Catawba Nuclear Generating Station. Since 1985, CPW has gotten control from the atomic generator through PMPA. Today, CPW's appropriated vitality is over 95% carbon free. We at present serve more than18,800 meters, fundamentally inside the City furthest reaches of Greer. Gaseous petrol CPW's biggest utility regarding inclusion is its petroleum gas unit. On the whole, we serve roughly 22,275 meters in 450 square miles. The administration domain extends from southern Spartanburg County toward the North Carolina line and includes the networks of Duncan, Lyman, Wellford, and Landrum. CPW is served by the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco), with two entryways along that line to get gaseous petrol. WATER AND WASTEWATER CPW is served by two water supplies - Lake Cunningham and Lake Robinson. These stores are provided by the South Tyger River and are carefully kept up for both entertainment and drinking water sources. Joined, these repositories spread more than 1,000 sections of land and are delighted in provincially by boaters, fishers, and nature darlings. The water treatment plant is situated on Lake Cunningham only north of Greer on River Road. The plant has a limit of 24 million gallons for each day. The honor winning water plant services the City of Greer fundamentally, giving great water to around 19,570 meters. CPW started treating wastewater at Maple Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant during the 1950s. Today, the plant treats sewage for the city's occupants and organizations, securely returning top notch emanating to the earth. The plant has a limit of 10 million gallons for each day serving 13,300 clients. Administration The Commission is represented by a chosen, three-part Board of Commissioners. The Commissioners serve stunned six-year terms. The Board of Commissioners makes proposals to the City of Greer for the issuance of any security obligation; in any case, CPW works autonomously something else. The Board has duty regarding the executives, budgetary obligations, obligation the board, rate setting, and general activities oversight. Everyday operational administration is dealt with by the General Manager. The General Manager fills in as CPW's CEO, and reports legitimately to the Board of Commissioners..