This is the top-of-the-page graphic for the Water Division page. In addition to the page title, there is a photo of a plaque that hangs inside the Water Purification Plant. On the plaque is a quote by Willis Spaulding, former Commissioner of CWLP, that reads HEALTH REQUIRES PURE WATER. CIVIC HEALTH REQUIRES FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVICE. The graphic also contains a CWLP seal.
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City Water, Light & Power supplies domestic water for more than 45,000 Springfield residential and business customers. The utility also provides retail water service to over 6,100 customers in Southern View, Leland Grove and certain unincorporated areas around the city. Wholesale service is provided to several other adjacent communities, including Chatham, Grandview, Jerome, Loami and Rochester. More information about our outside-the-city retail and wholesale water customers can be found elsewhere on this website. The population of CWLP's total service territory is more than 160,000.

The Water Division is responsible for planning, constructing and maintaining the city's integrated water supply, purification, and transmission and distribution system—which includes Lake Springfield, the lakeside Water Purification Plant, five water storage tanks, and over 750 miles of water mains. The Division's primary mission is to ensure that all utility customers will have a safe and plentiful water supply in both the immediate and long-term future. Toward this end, the Division operates a 24-hour laboratory where chemists and plant operators consistently and continually check drinking water quality. Division employees are also actively involved in searching out the best options for protecting our current supply source and planning for long-range needs.

For more information about CWLP's Water Division, select any of the topics or subtopics listed in the left-hand column of this page.

 

 

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Last update: 11/17/11

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View a pictorial record of the replacement of Spaulding Dam gate number 3. Clicking on the yellow button will take you to a page of photos.


Drinking Water Quality Report. Clicking on the image will take you to the Water Quality Report page, where you can access an online copy of CWLP's latest Water Quality Report.


Check out our online pamphlet, Protecting Against Backflow Contamination to see how you can help protect our water supply.
 This is a photo of water flowing through cupped hands.
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View a video showing
the need for a new
CWLP pump station.


Conserve water. Click the dark blue button to find out how.


Did you know? CWLP water customers are billed based on the units of water used each month. One unit equals 748 gallons. The average Springfield household uses about 3 units of water per person per month.

Our Water Rates page contains information on the cost per unit CWLP water customers pay.


Online Lake Maps . . .
 n General map of the lake
n Lake-area parks map
n E.coli measurements map
 n Dissolved oxygen and
   temperature levels map


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