EC Water District Releases Update
PHOTO | Lynn Bledsoe
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To all customers of Edmonson County Water District. In early 2024 the Board of the Edmonson County Water District set out to complete a deep dive long term assessment of the condition of the Edmonson County Water District infrastructure and assets. It’s finding brought to light that one of the most challenging struggles was the capacity of available treated water to the customers between the two treatment plants. An original study conducted by HMB Engineering of Frankfort KY generated a plan to consolidate both plants into one and locate a new treatment plant somewhere on Nolin Lake in the center of the entire service area. This project estimate became so large that economically it had too significant of a financial impact on the Water District customers.
After evaluating and reviewing alternative supplies of water sources from surrounding Water Systems and asking if they had surplus water resources, it was found that excess capacity was limited at best and very difficult to move to the more needed areas of the Edmonson system. However, what did come from these conversations was that two neighboring systems Green River Valley Water District (GRVWD) & Grayson County Water District (GCWD) did have the abilities to supply the resources needed of treated water and personnel to the customers of the two counties that each of them served separately. GRVWD to the Hart County customers & GCWD to the customers served in Grayson County by Edmonson County Water District.
After much deliberation and evaluating different scenarios, we have come to a conclusion that in the best interest of all the customers of the Edmonson County Water District the best decision would be to negotiate an arrangement where the GRVWD will begin serving the customers in Hart County that is served by Edmonson Water and GCWD to begin serving the customers served by Edmonson
Water in Grayson County. While we do not take this decision lightly, we genuinely believe in this decision.
What does this mean for the customers? It is anticipated that beginning July 1st, 2025, our customers of Hart County will begin using the GRVWD office as their new point of contact. And if all goes as planned our Grayson County customers will begin using the GCWD office as their new point of contact beginning August 1st. THESE ARE PROJECTED DATES. The final date will be relayed to you by your new and old supplier through direct letters to each account, text messaging, e-mail messaging when available, web site announcements and of course the news media.
All rates will continue to be billed at the PSC approved rates as currently published by the Edmonson County Water District until complete approval by the Kentucky Public Service commission and all other federal and State agencies involved have officially approved the transition.
