Utilities Information
The City of Hillsdale operates its own electric, water, and
wastewater utilities. For more information, please contact the
Hillsdale Board
of Public Utilities at (517) 437-3387
Electric Generation and Distribution
Municipally owned and operated- Responsive to customer needs
- Highly reliable looped system with local generation
available
- Generation supplied from coal, natural gas or oil
- Distribution primary voltage is 13.2 KV
- Able to meet any necessary secondary voltage
- Captures detailed electrical usage data (15-minute
sampling)
- Low rates
Water Production and Distribution
- Looped system with 12-inch primary mains
- Six wells capable of delivering 3.5 MGD
- State-of-the-art iron removal and purification plant
- Two water towers (one million gallon tower in the Industrial
Park)
- Current use is approximately 60% of capacity
- System pressure is approximately 70 psi
- Water hardness - 360 mg/l
Wastewater Collection and Treatment
- Sewer mains are 8-inch or larger
- Activated sludge treatment facility
- Current wastewater plant is operating at less than half maximum
capacity
Gas
Distribution
Telephone and Data Communication
- AT&T operates the local exchange
- Digital circuits and high-capacity services available
- Mobile phone service provided by Alltel, Centennial/AT&T,
Nextel and Sprint
- Comcast provides high-speed cable modem service
- AT&T provides high-speed DSL service
One local ISP provides high-speed Wifi
service