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Learn How City Utilities Cleans Water Twice


Did you know that City Utilities cleans water two different times? City Utilities takes water from the St. Joseph River and treats it to make safe, great tasting drinking water. Water is distributed to customers who use it and then return it as sewage or wastewater. City Utilities collects sewage and treats it at the Water Pollution Control Plant before returning the water to the Maumee River. The water leaving the Water Pollution Control Plant is cleaner that the river water that originally came out of the St. Joe River. City Utilities is offering free tours of the Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant and the Water Pollution Control Plant on several Saturdays in spring of 2019. Click here for dates and times….