The
City of Covington is known as "A Full Service
City " because
of the multitude of services it offers: electricity, natural
gas,
water and sewer services, sanitation, police
and fire protection, and the Covington Municipal Airport. The Main
Street program emphasizes downtown revitalization and historic preservation.
The City of Covington, through the Municipal
Electric Authority of Georgia's (MEAG) statewide transmission and
power generation system, serves electricity. Covington can reliably serve
any size electrical load with competitive rates.
Natural gas is available to customers throughout
much of Newton County. Since the City of Covington owns its own gas distribution
system and purchases gas wholesale from the Municipal
Gas Authority of Georgia (MGAG), they can sell gas at very competitive
retail rates.
Water for the City of Covington is produced
at the Cornish Creek Water Plant. The plant is capable of producing 15
million gallons of water per day and water flows to Covington's water
customers through 130 miles of water lines the City maintains. The Water
Reclamation Division is comprised of a wastewater treatment plant
that can treat up to 5.6 million gallons of wastewater per day; and EPD
approved industrial pretreatment program; and a 1,500-acre joint venture
land application facility used for final treatment and nutrient removal. The Covington fire department has received accredited agency status with the commission on fire accreditation international |
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