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The latest edition of Spencer Municipal Utilities’ annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality has been prepared and is being distributed. The report provides details of drinking water testing conducted during the calendar year 2009. SMU regularly test over 80 drinking water contaminants, and the 2009 data again shows now violations of EPA rules for water quality.

Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) recently raised over $1100.00 for the Shayla Bee Foundation through a garage sale and bake sale. All the proceeds went towards the Shayla Bee Foundation. “We just gave some funds to a family in need, and this will help us replenish for the next family,” says Jerry Faulkner, president of the Shayla Bee Foundation.

Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) Board of Trustees has approved a water rate increase effective June 1, 2010. The increase, which was approved at the board’s April meeting, is designed to pay for costs current repairs and maintenance needed on the water treatment system.

With the recent weather effects on electricity this week in the state of Iowa, Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) was able to send staff and equipment to the community of Atlantic to help restore power to another community.

Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) is pleased to announce their customers will not be seeing any channels go dark in the near future. Spencer Municipal Utilities is a member of the NCTC, which is a national, not-for-profit cable TV cooperative that negotiates programming fees for 1,000 cable companies across the United States.

Spencer Municipal Utilities (SMU) cable customers could see several channels go dark over the next few days. Spencer Municipal Utilities is a member of the NCTC, which is a national, not-for-profit cable TV cooperative that negotiates programming fees for 1,000 cable companies across the United States.