{"id":2,"date":"2014-09-18T17:10:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T17:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ricevilleutilitydistrict.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:02:12","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ricevilleutilitydistrict.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing a Connection (scroll down for monthly newsletter)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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RATES (see rate tab for more details)<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Riceville Utility District (RUD) works diligently to manage costs by operating with the minimum staffing and fixed assets necessary to provide quality service at reasonable rates. RUD, along with several neighboring utilities, purchases treated water from the treatment plant on the Hiwassee River operated by the Hiwassee Utility Commission (HUC) under a contracted demand agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HUC has informed all participating utilities that increasing state and federal regulatory requirements, combined with continued population and economic growth in Tennessee, are placing significant financial demands on water treatment and storage infrastructure. To meet these requirements HUC has raised their rates to RUD each year and has advised all participating utilities to anticipate annual rate increases in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riceville Utility District has a policy of passing these increases to customers at the same percentage HUC has established. This approach allows RUD to cover the increased cost of purchased water while continuing to meet operating expenses without imposing substantial additional rate increases beyond those necessary to recover these costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HUC has informed RUD of a rate increase of 8%. Rate increase will be applied to RUD bills for the usage of 6\/13\/26-7\/13\/26 with a due date of 8\/15\/26. Please reference the RATES tab for amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We appreciate your understanding and continued support as we work to provide safe, reliable water service to our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT- Can now send out notices to our customers via text and email this helps us get that important information out to you faster than before, when we had to call each person one by one. -So, we are asking all customers to please update your contact information (email and cell phone number). This can be done by calling RUD at 423-462-2701, or on your customer portal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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