Laurens County W&S Comm.

Laurens County W&S Comm. Drinking Water Report Info
LCWSC endeavors to supply water throughout Laurens County at the best possible rate while allowing LCWSC to keep up and upgrade its water system to ensure quality drinking water. In doing so, LCWSC faces challenges that numerous other water providers do not. Like most rural water systems, LCWSC must lay miles of water lines through sometimes sparsely populated areas of the county (Refer to Service Area map PDF). This requires LCWSC spend more cash to supply fewer customers than all the more densely populated municipal water systems. LCWSC must also constantly arrange water rates from our suppliers. The LCWSC system was built during a period of declining federal assistance for such projects which means LCWSC must incur a higher debt than numerous municipal systems. Unfortunately, the combined test of debt and distance between customers for the most part requires higher water rates than in bigger metropolitan areas. However, we strive to keep your rates negligible. Please see a list of comparison rates for neighboring service areas. We feel that a growing rural residential population requires and deserves a good public water system. Plans for more line extensions and improved lines will provide more water to more areas and will improve the county's standing as an industrial/commercial site. In addition, these upgrades result in improved fire safety and lower homeowner insurance rates by adding a more noteworthy number of fire hydrants.