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The Spencer Municipal Utilities Public Water Supply has lifted the precautionary advisory issued Wednesday, July 24, 2024 to boil the water before using for drinking or to use an alternative source. For more information, please contact us at: Spencer Municipal...

SMU is contacting addresses in West Spencer due to water maintenance work on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. When water service is restored, these customers will be placed on a drinking water advisory due to the potential chance of bacterial contamination once water service...

Customers of the Spencer Municipal Utilities Water Supply were notified on June 22, 2024 of a potential concern in the drinking water system and were advised to boil their water before using for drinking. This advisory was only for a specific portion of the flood...

Due to flooding, beginning Monday, June 24, 2024 the area in South Spencer that is South of the River to Highway 18/11th Street SW-SE between 10th Ave SE and 11th Ave SW has been placed on a Drinking Water Advisory due to no water pressure due to the potential chance...

The latest edition of Spencer Municipal Utilities’ annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality has been prepared and is being distributed electronically to customers through SMU’s website at www.smunet.net/2024CCR. The report provides details of drinking water...

Spencer Municipal Utilities hydrant flushing schedule: June 10-21: Spencer: North of the River Country Club Drive to 10th Avenue East 18th Street to Park Street Residents should be advised to put in their basement sewer plugs. Residents could temporarily experience...

Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) has received national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2023. The recognition comes from the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade group that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit,...

Spencer Municipal Utilities has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2023. The utility earned a gold award in the category for utilities with 30,000-59,999 worker-hours of annual worker exposure....

We have a planned maintenance window Thursday, March 7, 2024 from 12:01 am to 5:00am. Please note some customers will notice brief internet, television, and phone outages during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience as we’ve tried to schedule it during a time...

Twice each year, in the spring and in the fall, cable companies experience a phenomenon known as “sun outages.” A sun outage occurs when a satellite from which we receive TV programming becomes directly in line with the Sun, and interference from the Sun’s...