Your Conservation Makes A Difference
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Keep up the good work, Charlotte. You've been conserving, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities can tell. Our customers have reduced water use by more than 26 percent since mandatory water restrictions took effect Aug. 28. The current restrictions include no lawn watering, residential car washing, filling swimming pools or operating ornamental fountains.
While we did receive some rainfall last week, our region continues to be in a serious drought. Utilities encourages residents to adopt conservation measures in their homes as well as outdoors.
- Check for toilet leaks by putting some food coloring in your toilet tank. If you see the color in the bowl in 30 minutes, you have a leak. This can waste more than 22,000 gallons a year, but the repair is easy and inexpensive.
- Speed up your shower. If all Utilities customers cut one minute off their showers, we'd save 2.6 million gallons a day.
- Be sure your washing machine and dishwasher are full before you run them, and shut off faucets while washing hands, brushing teeth and shaving
These simple steps and others will help protect our water supply and lower your water bill. You can get more conservation tips and stay informed at www.cmutilities.com.
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Register For Community University
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Searching for ways to strengthen your neighborhood? Register for Community University - a training program with classes and course topics designed to increase the knowledge and skills of neighborhood organizations. Residents are encouraged to enroll in classes scheduled for Fall 2007.
For more information, including class topics, locations and registration, visit http://neighborhoods.charmeck.org or call 704-336-2061.
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Everyone has junk. Think about it. There's that old orange sofa taking up space in the garage and Little Jimmie's rusty red tricycle that he hasn't used in years. What about Aunt Mable's 43-year-old coffee table that's missing two legs stored in the back shed?
This junk needs to go, but how do you get rid of it?
The City of Charlotte will collect bulky items such as household furnishings, appliances, mattresses, box springs, lawn equipment and other objects too large to be placed in rollout carts. Items must be scheduled for collection.
To schedule a pick-up:
- Call 311
- Visit curbit.charmeck.org, click CURB IT!, then bulky items.
To ensure collection, bulky items must be at curbside no later than 6:30 am on the scheduled day of collection. Please do not place items at curbside earlier than the day prior to collection.
For more information, including preparation guidelines, visit http://curbit.charmeck.org or call 311.
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311 Unavailable For One Hour
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CharMeck 311, the City/County customer service and information line will not be available to callers for approximately one hour beginning Thursday, November 1 at 12:01 am.
The service will undergo the first of several technical upgrades that will take place over the next six months. Officials with 311 chose 12:01 am because of the low call volume at that hour of night. Callers to 311 will hear recorded information regarding the upgrade if they do call during that hour.
Although customer service representatives will be unable to take phone calls, residents can still access 311 and file a service request through the City's website www.charmeck.org. After the system upgrade, callers will hear a menu of 311 services that will enable their call to be sent directly to the appropriate customer service area.
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The Charlotte- Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee's Dispute Settlement Program (DSP) seeks to resolve and prevent personal, community and workplace disputes through mediation and conciliation services as well as offering conflict resolution training to community groups and organizations. All services are provided FREE of charge.
We can help you with disputes involving:
- Neighborhood Conflicts
- Consumer Complaints
- Conflicts Between Co-workers
- Employer/Employee Disputes
- Other Interpersonal Disputes
The Dispute Settlement Program (DSP) utilizes professionally trained volunteer mediators who provide confidential mediation and conciliation services. Since 1983, DSP has processed over 30,000 mediations, saving over 60,000 hours of court time and over $6,000,000 to taxpayers. 95% of all mediated cases have been successfully resolved. To receive additional information, please call 704-336-2903 or email dsullivan@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
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Tune in to The Government Channel – Cable 16 for the latest government news and information.
City Source – Thursday, November 1 at 7 pm
Meet a member of the new Transit Police Unit and learn how some restaurants are helping keep sewer lines grease free. |
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