City Of Rochester Water Supply

In hemlock ny 14466.
City of rochester water supply. City hall drop box. Visitor parking lot 1000 rochester hills dr. For a brief history of rochester s water supply see chapter 2. The plant is located at 7412 rix hill rd.
The city of rochester s award winning water supply is primarily drawn from canadice and hemlock lakes pristine finger lakes located approximately 28 miles south of the city and distributed along a system that includes reservoirs in the town of rush and in the city s highland and cobbs hill parks. Mcwa water quality information is available at filtration plant is a direct filtration plant with a capacity of 48 million gallons per day and employs processes involving ph adjustment coagulation filtration disinfection and fluoridation. The filtration plant can be reached 24 hours a day at 585 428 3646. Rochester water primer 2013 8 2.
Water sewer billing water sewer billing is a service of the accounting department. The entire process of taking the water from below ground and bringing it into the homes and businesses in rochester is managed by rochester public utilities rpu. The city also purchases water from mcwa s shoremont treatment plant on lake ontario. Rpu provides rochester s citizens with an abundant supply of high quality water by constructing operating and maintaining wells storage facilities and water lines.
Currently the city s water supply is sourced entirely from groundwater with the majority coming from two aquifers. 10 of sites tested for lead had concentrations over 9 7 parts per billion. Argos water plant argos in 11 6 miles nisource royal center in 18 3 miles roann city utility roann in 18 6 miles plymouth water treatment plant plymouth in 18 7 miles nipsco north manchester in 20 6 miles. In person check only.
Water and sewer permits inspections and connections water main breaks. Lead in rochester drinking water rochester is an older city so it s no surprise that lead contamination in drinking water is of huge concern. Find 6 utility companies within 20 7 miles of rochester water department. Rochester hills water sewer po box 94593 cleveland oh 44101 4593.
Olmsted county environmental resources 2122 campus drive se suite 200. The water filters that we sell at hydroviv are optimized to filter out contaminants that are found in rochester drinking water. In rochester the city gets its water from deep under the ground. Rochester hills is now part of the north oakland county water authority nocwa.
Please call 248 656 4688 with any questions about billing. In 2013 rochester public utilities hired barr to evaluate the long term sustainability of the aquifers serving the city s drinking water system to help ensure that future water demand can be met in a sustainable manner. The faucet and water comes out. 8 00 am to 5 00 pm.
Rochester mn 55904.