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Utilities Kingston provides customer-focused and cost-effective multi-utility services in Kingston, Ontario, including safe and reliable water services to 40,000 homes and businesses.
Employees maintain and operate a system that includes:
- three water treatment plants
- 587 kilometres of water main ranging in size from 150 to 1,200 millimetres
- 5,468 water valves for isolation and flow control
- five booster stations that raise water pressure
- 8 water storage facilities that hold 5.3 million litres of water for consumption and fire protection
- 3,583 fire hydrants used for fire protection and system maintenance
In 2021, we pumped 22.5 billion litres of potable water through the municipal distribution system.
Recent news - water
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Update on water, sewer project: Front Road and King Street West
September 28, 2022At an information session on Monday, Sept. 26, Utilities Kingston provided updates on the water and sewer project on Front Road and King Street West.
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We are open to assist you on September 30
September 26, 2022Utilities Kingston will remain open on Friday, September 30, and we look forward to assisting you.
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Registration is full! Free workshop will show you how to winterize your perennial garden in a ‘pollinator-friendly’ way
September 20, 2022Space is limited! Are you interested in increasing the pollinators in your perennial garden? Join experts from Rideau 1000 Islands Master Gardeners and Utilities Kingston at a free pollinator workshop and be entered to win a gift basket containing gardening tools, local honey and organic gardening supplies.
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Financial assistance and public education available to help prevent basement flooding
September 16, 2022Utilities Kingston is again offering the Preventative Plumbing Program for financial assistance. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Preventative Plumbing Program had previously been suspended for two years.
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Information session for updates on water, sewer project: Front Rd. and King St. West
September 15, 2022Attend an in-person information session on Monday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m., to hear updates on the water and sewer project on Front Road and King Street West.
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