Sikeston

Sikeston Drinking Water Report Info
The Sikeston Board of Municipal utilities is the City owned utility and was established in 1931. It works the electric,water, and clean sewer systems inside the City and by and by serves more than 9,000 electric customers, 8,500 water customers and 7500 sterile sewer customers. Sikeston BMU is governed by a four man Board that is appointed by the Sikeston City Council. The current Board comprises of Brian Menz-Chairman, Tim Merideth-Vice Chairman, Bob Smith-Secretary, and Alan Keenan-Assistant Secretary. Sikeston's electric supply originates from the City-owned and operated Sikeston Power Station, a 235 megawatt coal-fired electric creating station located on the western edge of the city. Groundbreaking for the Power Plant occurred in March of 1978 and the unit was placed in business activity in September of 1981. The output of the Plant provides for the needs of SIkeston as well as furnishes dependable capacity to a number of urban communities and different substances in the State. Coal for the Sikeston Power Station is furnished by Western Fuels Association, a non-profit partnership formed by municipal and helpful owned electric utilities to acquire and developing fuel resources for its individuals. The Sikeston Power Station annually burns more than one million tons of low sulfur coal that is mined in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Sikeston BMU works three water treatment plants with an absolute daily capacity of more than 7,000,000 gallons. The water supplying these plants is drawn from eight deep wells. Sikeston's normal water consumption is 3.5 million gallons for each day, with a pinnacle daily usage of more than 6,000,000 gallons. Its water distribution system comprises of 130 miles of water mains and 3.8 million gallons of water stockpiling capacity. The sterile sewer system includes one orbal oxidation ditch and two contact adjustment treatment plants that provide an all out design capacity of 4.4 million gallons for each day. The clean sewer distribution system utilizes fourteen lift stations and tidal pond office that serves the Sikeston Business, Education and Technology Park. Sikeston BMU additionally works a thirty-three mile fiber optic communications spine throughout the community. This fiber spine, enables the Utility to interface, screen and communicate with every one of the offices of the electric, water and sterile sewer systems. The fiber system likewise enables the Utility to connect all Utility and City offices and the public educational system on a rapid wide region communications arrange. A significant number of the Utilities industrial customers likewise approach this system. In the late 1990's the Board of Municipal utilities and the City of Sikeston in a joint exertion created the Sikeston Business, Education and Technology Park. A few industries including Orgill's Mid-American Distribution Center, MODOT, and a satellite office of Southeast Missouri State University are located in the Park. According to data published by the Energy Information Administration of the United Stated Department of Energy, of the more than one hundred thirty helpful, financial specialist owned, and municipal utilities serving retail customers in Missouri, BMU's general normal electric rates are among the most minimal in the state. Sikeston BMU's workforce comprises of 142 representatives dedicated to the Utilities objective of providing the best help at the most reduced conceivable expense. This dedication was never more evident than during and after the devastating ice storm in January 2009 when BMU's representatives spend numerous sixteen and eighteen hour day in adverse condition reestablishing administration to BMU's electric customers.