Columbus City Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant receives 100% on their 2025 Safety Audit conducted by Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA). The audit consists of a 177-point inspection covering areas such as: training; documentation; emergency action plan; lab, plant, shop/maintenance & pre-treatment safety; biological; clarifiers; and disinfection. “I am incredibly proud of the hard work that [...]
The Columbus City Utilities Annual Water Quality Report covering the period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 is now available. View the report to learn more about your drinking water. The URL link will be included on June bills to customers, and customers receiving a monthly electronic bill will receive an email with [...]
Ashley Getz, Associate Director of Engineering, presented at the Indiana American Water Works Association (INAWWA) conference, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 23, 2025. She presented “A Case Study in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Planning,” where she shared CCU's journey through the AMI planning process, highlighting their key takeaways and lessons learned. She provided actionable guidance [...]
Ashley Getz presented at the national Utility Management conference, hosted by the Water Environment Federation and the American Water Works Association, in Dallas, Texas, in February. She presented “Managing the Public on Sensitive Issues – Case Studies,” where she reviewed CCU’s lessons learned from recent experience with public relations. She presented in a block of [...]
Columbus City Utilities has been awarded the Hoosier Water Guardian Award with Distinction from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. CCU received this award for having “substantially implemented their wellhead protection plan.” The utility, its staff, planning team, and partners were commended for efforts in developing a comprehensive plan to protect public drinking water supply, [...]
Melinda Burton was awarded the Professional of the Year award at the Southern Indiana Operators Association (SIOA) Annual Banquet on Thursday, December 12. Melinda was nominated by her colleagues and was selected unanimously for the award by the SIOA awards committee. The SIOA professional of the year award is given annually to someone in the [...]
As part of Columbus City Utilities’ ongoing infrastructure improvement activities, the bowl of a new 2-million-gallon elevated water storage tank on Deaver Road was lifted into its final resting spot atop the 166 feet tall concrete and steel base, making the final height over 200 feet. The tank base and bowl were built by Caldwell [...]
Gavin Harvey has been hired as the new Associate Director of Finance and Business Operations at Columbus City Utilities. Gavin was born in Anderson, IN and has lived in Columbus IN since 2002. Gavin graduated from Columbus Christian School in 2011 and then sought out higher education. In 2015 he received his Associates of Science [...]
Chris Murray has been selected to fill the position of Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent replacing previous Superintendent, Travis Calhoun who was recently promoted to Associate Director of Operations. Chris was hired at the Utilities in 1999. He worked a few years in our Water Distribution department but has spent most of his time at the [...]
Columbus City Utilities is pleased to announce that Travis Calhoun has been selected to fill the position of Associate Director of Treatment Operations. Travis was hired at the Utilities in 2012 in the Water Distribution department and then transferred to the Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2013. Travis has held various positions at the Wastewater Plant [...]
