The Cape Girardeau, Mo water regul...

The Cape Girardeau, Mo water regularity which serves a population of around 36000 is nearing the fourth anniversary of municipal ownership. The city purchased the order in 1992 from a private bottom utility and contracted with Alliance Water Resources, Columbia, Mo to operate and manage the newly acquired asset.

The later public/private partnership has resulted in attainment of a number of goals initially identified in the city's purchase of the scheme

Encouragement of community putting out which had stagnated in the `80 was united of the city's goals. This was achieved on city participation in water facilities, in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as distribution piping and booster pumping facilities, and has accrueed in the rapid commercial, retail and residential growing evidenced by the 20 percent increase in water deliveries to the hypothesis in only four years.

Cost containment in a time of increasing quality standards was another goat. Annual rate increases