Natural Gas Safety Celebration
Natural Gas Safety Celebration
In the utility industry, eight years, seven months, and eight days is a long time to go without a lost worktime injury - and that's exactly what our Gas Department accomplished recently - almost one million hours! “When we think of all of the activity over that time period and all of the...
Memorial Drive Bridge Gas Project Wraps Up
Memorial Drive Bridge Gas Project Wraps Up
If you’ve driven through the intersection of Memorial Drive and Third Street over the past few months, you probably noticed heavy construction activity. That was a contractor for our Gas Department replacing a natural gas main that was attached to the Memorial Drive Bridge. The project began in...
November 2021 Newsmakers
November 2021 Newsmakers
Service Awards Randy Emory / 35 Years Randy Emory, P.E., recently celebrated 35 years of service with Greenville Utilities. He has been the Director of Water Resources since 2003 and is responsible for overseeing the entire Water Resources Department, which includes the overall operation, budget...
“Smooth Operators” Bring Home State & National Trophies
“Smooth Operators” Bring Home State & National Trophies
Hats off to our Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) “Smooth Operators” team for making history the week of October 17th – when they became the first team in the U.S. and Canada to place 1st Overall in the brand-new Division III of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Operators Challenge! And they...
Gas Emergency Tabletop Exercise
Gas Emergency Tabletop Exercise
The time to prepare for an emergency is before it happens. That’s what emergency tabletop exercises are all about. Our Gas Department had such an exercise on November 16th. A group gathered and talked through a mock scenario involving a major gas leak during a bitter cold snap. Since our departments...