| The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities (DPU) works around the clock to provide natural gas, water, wastewater, streetlighting, and stormwater services to the more than 500,000 residential and commercial customers in the metropolitan region.
DPU is the eighth largest out of 940 municipally-owned natural gas utilities in the country, maintaining more than 1,700 miles of gas mains throughout Richmond, Henrico County and northern Chesterfield County.
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One of largest water producers in Virginia, DPU maintains a modern water treatment plant that can treat up to 132 million gallons of water a day. The wastewater treatment plant is the largest of its kind in Virginia and treats up to 70 million gallons a day of sanitary sewage and stormwater before returning it to the James River.
DPU maintains more than 37,000 streetlights through the city. For more information, call DPU’s Customer Care Center at 644-3000.
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The Department of Public Utilities received the American Public Gas
Association Safety Award for 2007 in recognition of its successful efforts ensuring the safety
of its
employees and customers and the integrity of its gas system. |
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Convert your water heater to safe, efficient natural gas by Oct. 31 and receive a $150 rebate. Get the rebate certificate and details
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 DPU Raises Purchased Gas Cost (PGC) effective Aug. 1, 2008 here.
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Read announcement on voluntary water conservation measures here.
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 Download and print DPU application forms
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 Visit Utility Buddy's MySpace page here.
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 Read the latest issue of Utility Talk here.
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 Link to the Latest DPU News here.
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 Subscribe to River Level Alerts here.
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Download a Natural Gas Safety presentation for your civic associations, church groups, and neighborhood associations here. |
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