Drinking Advisory Cancelled

Drinking Advisory Cancelled

The drinking water advisory issued Wednesday, February 17, 2021 for addresses in Southeast Spencer has been cancelled. The system has been repaired, repressurized, and bacteria samples have been collected and passed without any indication of contamination. Here is a...
Water Shut Down Notice/Drinking Advisory February 17, 2021

Water Shut Down Notice/Drinking Advisory February 17, 2021

SMU is contacting addresses in Southeast Spencer due to water main repair scheduled for Tuesday, February 16, 2021 that has been postponed to Wednesday, February 17, 2021. These customers will be placed on a drinking water advisory due to the potential chance of...
Voluntarily Reduce Electricity February 15, 2021

Voluntarily Reduce Electricity February 15, 2021

UPDATE 2/18: At this time we are asking our electric customers to continue to practice energy conservation measures for the next 48 hours. We anticipate running our jet turbine through today to provide support to the electric grid and after that it will only run if...
Rescan QAM Tuners

Rescan QAM Tuners

Do to ownership changes at a few of the network affiliates, there are some channel number changes for customers who do not have a set-top-box and use the QAM tuners in the tv (these channel numbers have a dot or dash in them). You may need to do a channel rescan on...
SMU SOUTH WATER TOWER DECOMMISSIONED

SMU SOUTH WATER TOWER DECOMMISSIONED

The skyline in South Spencer changed earlier today when Spencer Municipal Utilities south water tower was decommissioned and is no longer standing. SMU’s south water tower was recently replaced with a new tower that began operating in December of 2020. The water tower...
SMU CABLE RETRANSMISSION NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETE

SMU CABLE RETRANSMISSION NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETE

Spencer Municipal Utilities has been working on tv retransmission negotiations for various broadcast and cable signals up for renewal over the last few months and they have recently been completed. Since then we have been working through the launch process for channel...