Riceville Utility District

The Riceville Utility District was formed in 1953 for the purpose of obtaining a public water system for Riceville. A Board of Commissioners were appointed to work with the State of Tennessee to purchase land, develop streets and install water mains for private and commercial use. The water system started out by using a local spring and later (due to demand and quality) treated water was purchased from Hiwassee Utility Commission and is currently used today. The first service was installed in April 1961 making up 160 connections and has continued to grow throughout the years; we currently serve around 1500 connections.

UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION

RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT -Is asking all customers to please update your contact information. We are asking for email and phone numbers. To update your information, you can call us at 423-462-2701, or you can update with your payment, or on your portal. If you have question just give us a call.

Thank you.

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

RATE INCREASE (applies to AUGUST 2025 bill, due 8/15/25)

RUD will be following policy and increasing bills 8% due to an 8% increase from Hiwassee Utility Commission (HUC). RUD works hard to keep our costs below current rates, but we are a distribution only utility therefore we purchase and pay for water from HUC; HUC has had a substantial rate increase yearly trying to keep up with State and Federal demands on infrastructure laws to stay in compliance. They have informed us that they are doing these projects in smaller segments therefore rate increases may continue in future years.

RUD thanks all of our customers for helping keep our water loss lower this will aid in all State and Federal compliances that is daily getting harder on utilities. RUD will continue to work on proactive ways to ward off costs acquired by these requirements and avoid adding additional increases to HUC’s increases.