Branson water meets standards, Springfield utility rates cheapest

The city operated two water treatment plants where 92 percent of the water treated comes from Lake Taneycomo and 8 percent comes from ground water wells.

Branson set a record for the amount of drinking water produced in 2006, pumping out more than 1.4 billion gallons. That was a 6.25 percent increase from the 2005 total of just more than 1.3 billion gallons.

The EPA report is required for all water systems, both municipal and private, to inform community residents about water quality and to allow them to see the actual elements in the water based on tests.

In other utility news, City Utilities bills were lowest, on average, in a recent survey conducted by Memphis Light, Gas and Water.

Of the 25 cities surveyed for the report, Springfield’s utility bills averaged $287.65 per month, the lowest in the survey. St. Louis was seventh on the list, at $365.26, and Little Rock came in at No. 11, with a total of $386.26.

The prices, based on rates as of Jan. 1, 2007, assumed combined utility bills of 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, 200 therms of natural gas, 1,500 cubic feet of water and 1,500 cubic feet of waste water service.

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