Water_Sewer

Phone: 417 443 2326 Office Hours 8-3 Monday - Friday Fax: 417 443 6096

The City of Highlandville, Public Works Department, maintains 3 deep water wells and close to 6 miles of water mains. It also maintains and repairs wastewater mains, 11 main liftstations and over 200 grinder pumps as well as manage and maintain a .14 MGD waste water treatment facility.

Grinder Pumps

Many of the houses in

Highlandville are on a grinder

pump system. The pump is

located at the residence. This

provides pressure from the

residence to the force main

sewer system. Effective January

1, 2015, any new construction,

will install a grinder system at

the owners cost, unless a gravity

main is accessible. The owner is

then responsible for all

maintenance of said grinder. All

systems installed prior to this

date will still have its regular

service.

Water/Sewer

Emergency Number

Please use the following number

only in the event of an

emergency for water and sewer

problems:

417-839-6918

The pictures to the right show a few of the issues that cause the most problems with our system. There are many items that will not go through the grinder system. Sanitary wipes and women’s hygiene products will bind in the cutters causing stress on the motors. These pumps cost an average of $1150.00 per pump. This is one of the largest cost of maintaining the system.

What can you the customer do? First is make sure that you don’t flush anything that is on the restricted list. Second is make a conscience effort to keep grease and other foreign objects from entering into the system. You as a customer can help to maintain the system and help curb cost of replacement of pumps due to premature failure cause by restricted items.

Sewer Issues