Media Fact Sheet

Startex Jackson Wellford Duncan Water District
PO Box 607, Lyman, SC 29365
864-439-4423
www.sjwd.com

March 7, 2005

SJWD Water District General Information

• SJWD Water District Mission – Provide excellent quality water and related services to our current and future customers and lead efforts to protect our water resources while continuously improving cost effectiveness.  We accomplish this through the collaborative efforts of our employees, outside resources and agencies employing sound business practices and optimal use of technology.
• South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation creating the SJWD Water District, a special purpose district, in 1956.  The legislation established the District’s boundary and provided the authority to sell bonds.
• District is guided by a five member Commission, appointed by the Governor of South Carolina.
• SJWD Commission meets the first Tuesday of each month, 12:45pm, at the SJWD Water District office located at 307 Spartanburg Highway, Wellford, SC.  The public is welcome to attend.
• Service area covers approximately 130 square miles in Western Spartanburg County.
• District provides water to approximately 20,000 customers, with a service area population of 46,000 people.
• Middle Tyger River (Lyman Lake), and the North Tyger River (lakes Cooley and North Tyger Reservoir) are the sources of water for SJWD customers.  Water from these rivers is treated at the SJWD Filtration Plant on Groce Road in Lyman.
• District acquired the property to develop the Lake Cooley and North Tyger River Reservoirs in the mid-1960s, anticipating the need to secure other water sources for a quickly growing region.
• SJWD recently acquired Lake Apalache as an additional resource for future water supply.

For general information, contact Paula Ziegler, SJWD Director of Customer Relations, telephone: 864-439-4423 or email:  pziegler@sjwd.com.

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